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- Analyzes the deleterious effects of social stress, which increases morbidity and mortality from all of the illnesses that most commonly plague humans
- Focuses on nonhuman primate models, providing easy translation to human health concerns
- Focuses on social inequalities in health in a species other than our own, emphasizing the biology of social class common to all, not just some races, ethnicities, or levels of education
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, WINSTON SALEM, USA
Carol A. Shively
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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, ATLANTA, USA
Mark E. Wilson
About the editors
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Inequalities in Health in Nonhuman Primates
Book Subtitle: The Biology of the Gradient
Editors: Carol A. Shively, Mark E. Wilson
Series Title: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30872-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30870-8Published: 29 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80904-5Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30872-2Published: 20 April 2016
Series ISSN: 1574-3489
Series E-ISSN: 1574-3497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 178
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Physiology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Human Physiology, Health Psychology, Neurobiology