Bibliograph

Why we get sick, the new science of Darwinian medicine/, Randolph M. Nesse and George C. Williams

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Why we get sick, the new science of Darwinian medicine/, Randolph M. Nesse and George C. Williams

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-273) and index

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Why we get sick

Oclc number

34176260

Responsibility statement

Randolph M. Nesse and George C. Williams

Sub title

the new science of Darwinian medicine/

Table Of Contents

The mystery of disease -- Evolution by natural selection -- Signs and symptoms of infectious disease -- An arms race without end -- Injury -- Toxins: new, old and everywhere -- Genes and diseases: defects, quirks and compromises -- Aging as the Fountain of Youth -- Legacies of evolutionary history -- Diseases of civilization -- Allergy -- Cancer -- Sex and reproduction -- Are mental disorders diseases? -- The evolution of medicine

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