Social Inequalities in Health in Nonhuman Primates - The Biology of the Gradient (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)

This book provides a comprehensive look at nonhuman primate social inequalities as models for health differences associated with socioeconomic status in humans. The benefit of the socially-housed monkey model is that it provides the complexity of hierarchical structure and rank affiliation, i.e. both negative and positive aspects of social status. At the same time, nonhuman primates are more amenable to controlled experiments and more invasive studies that can be used in human beings to examine the effects of low status on brain development, neuroendocrine function, immunity, and eating behavior. Because all of these biological and behavioral substrates form the underpinnings of human illness, and are likely shared among primates, the nonhuman primate model can significantly advance our understanding of the best interventions in humans.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2016
Editors:	Carol A. Shively • Mark E Wilson
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	178
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-80904-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Physiology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > General
LSN:	3-319-80904-0
Barcode:	9783319809045

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