Capacity for Work in the Tropics

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Capacity for Work in the Tropics
Authors and Contributors      Edited by K. J. Collins
Edited by Derek F. Roberts
SeriesSociety for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreHuman biology
ISBN/Barcode 9780521118637
ClassificationsDewey:612.0420913
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 20 August 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Working capacity is the physiological key to understanding man's ability, in technically less advanced communities, to exploit his environment, and hence to understanding his role in the ecological balance. In this volume the knowledge of working capacity in tropical populations is reviewed in a series of illustrative papers. Topics cover the measurement of working capacity in populations: the functional consequences of malnutrition; growth, size and muscular efficiency; ethnic differences in working capacity; energy; expenditure and endemic disease; and energy flow in tropical ecosystems. These papers and their ensuing discussions lead to a series of recommendations on studies to be incorporated in the Decade of the Tropics research programme of the International Union of Biological Sciences.

Reviews

"For both its content and the research it may stimulate, this volume is of value to a wide audience of medical anthropologists for their professional research and teaching." Barry Bogin, Medical Anthropology Quarterly