Alcoholic cirrhosis among the Navaho
article 1969 Kunitz, Stephen J. et al.

NavajoNorth America > Southwest and Basin
This article presents '…an attempt to use the incidence of and the death rates due to Laennec's cirrhosis as a relatively direct gauge of high alcohol intake among the Navaho…' (p. 673). Data ...

The epidemiology of alcoholic cirrhosis in two southwestern Indian tribes
article 1971 Kunitz, Stephen J. et al.

NavajoNorth America > Southwest and Basin
This article considers contrasting drinking patterns among the Hopi and the Navajo as an explanatory factor in differences in cirrhosis rates between the two tribes. The authors contend that i...

Notes on some White Mountian Apache social pathologies
article 1969 Levy, Jerrold E. & Kunitz, Stephen J.

Western ApacheNorth America > Southwest and Basin
This article is a preliminary discussion of the authors' study of 'social pathologies' -- alcoholism, homicide, and suicide -- among the Western Apache. Based on records and published material...