Immune function in Amazonian horticulturalists

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 382-396

  Blackwell, Aaron D ^a,b   Trumble, Benjamin C ^a,b,c   Maldonado Suarez, Ivan ^b   Stieglitz, Jonathan ^b,d,e   Beheim, Bret ^b,d   Snodgrass, J Josh ^f   Kaplan, Hillard ^b,d   Gurven, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Tsimane Health and Life History Project   (Bolivia)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e Building S   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

horticulturalists; Immune function; life history; South America; Tsimane

Indexed keywords

AGE; BLOOD; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORTICULTURE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN; SAMPLING;

EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AUTACOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TH2 CELL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BRAZIL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MIDDLE AGED; TH2 CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978857951     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2016.1189963     Document Type: Article

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