Evolutionary biology and the concept of disease

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-116

  Gammelgaard, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

concept of disease; Darwinian medicine; evolutionary biology; functional explanations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EVOLUTION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033648041     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009999502884     Document Type: Article

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