The modernizing Kazakhstan: A review of biomedical data

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-103

  Facchini, Fiorenzo ^a   Fiori, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Epidemiology; High altitude; Human biology; Physiology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KAZAKHSTAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; URBANIZATION;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0035290767     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.20.95     Document Type: Article

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