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Reproducing the Norwegian Myth: Egalitarianism and the Normal. (2008)
Other
Abram, S. (2008). Reproducing the Norwegian Myth: Egalitarianism and the Normal

Extent of vitamin a deficiency among rural pregnant women in Bangladesh. (2008)
Journal Article
Lee, V., Ahmed, F., Wada, S., Ahmed, T., Ahmed, A., Parvin Banu, C., & Akhter, N. (2008). Extent of vitamin a deficiency among rural pregnant women in Bangladesh. Public Health Nutrition, 11(12), 1326-1331

Medicine and evolution : current applications, future prospects (Introduction) (2008)
Book Chapter
Elton, S., & O’Higgins, P. (2008). Medicine and evolution : current applications, future prospects (Introduction). In P. O’Higgins, & S. Elton (Eds.), Medicine and evolution : current applications, future prospects (1-8). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420051377

There is increasing interest in examining aspects of health and disease in the context of evolutionary theory [1, 2, 3], and the past decade has witnessed the rise of evolutionary or ‘Darwinian’ medicine as an entity distinct from anthropology, evolu... Read More about Medicine and evolution : current applications, future prospects (Introduction).

Centres of Ethical Gravity: A Comparison of Responses to Contemporary Biomedical Dilemmas among Young People in Sri Lanka and England. (2008)
Journal Article
Kumarasiri, P., Arseculeratne, S., Premasiri, P., & Simpson, B. (2008). Centres of Ethical Gravity: A Comparison of Responses to Contemporary Biomedical Dilemmas among Young People in Sri Lanka and England. Saengmyeong yunli jeongchaeg yeon-gu, 2(2), 211-237

Reduced reproductive function in wild baboons related to natural consumption of plant compounds (2008)
Journal Article
Higham, J. P., Ross, C., Warren, Y., Heistermann, M., & MacLarnon, A. (2008). Reduced reproductive function in wild baboons related to natural consumption of plant compounds. Folia Primatologica, 79(5), 338-339

Brain Modules: Mosaic Evolution. (2008)
Book Chapter
Barton, R. (2008). Brain Modules: Mosaic Evolution. In L. Squire (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (389-394). Academic Press

The only plausible scientific explanation for the existence of what Charles Darwin termed ‘‘organs of extreme perfection and complication,’’ such as the brain, is that they evolved over millennia by natural selection. The human brain contains million... Read More about Brain Modules: Mosaic Evolution..

Evolutionary acceleration in an endangered African primate: speciation and divergence in the Zanzibar red colobus monkey. (2008)
Journal Article
Nowak, K., Cardini, A., & Elton, S. (2008). Evolutionary acceleration in an endangered African primate: speciation and divergence in the Zanzibar red colobus monkey. International Journal of Primatology, 29(5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-008-9306-1

Designing and Implementing a Home Telecare Service for Elderly Patients with COPD: Steps and Challenges. (2008)
Journal Article
Arnaert, A., & Wainwright, M. (2008). Designing and Implementing a Home Telecare Service for Elderly Patients with COPD: Steps and Challenges

The wounding path to becoming healers: Medical students’ apprenticeship experiences. (2008)
Journal Article
Allen, D., Wainwright, M., Hutchinson, T., & Mount, B. (2008). The wounding path to becoming healers: Medical students’ apprenticeship experiences. Medical Teacher, 30(3), 260-65

Seasonality, climatic unpredictability, food deprivation and polycystic ovary syndrome (2008)
Book Chapter
Shaw, L., & Elton, S. (2008). Seasonality, climatic unpredictability, food deprivation and polycystic ovary syndrome. In S. Elton, & P. O’Higgins (Eds.), Medicine and evolution : current applications, future prospects (77-97). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420051377.ch5

Stein and Leventhal’s finding of polycystic ovaries, which they eponymously described as part of a circumscribed clinical syndrome [1], has evolved to become a nebulous entity with polycystic ovaries as a prominent component. Biochemical aspects, bot... Read More about Seasonality, climatic unpredictability, food deprivation and polycystic ovary syndrome.