Cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in evolutionary perspective: A critical role for helminths?

Heart disease and type 2 diabetes are commonly believed to be rare among contemporary subsistence-level human populations, and by extension prehistoric populations. Although some caveats remain, evidence shows these diseases to be unusual among well-studied hunter-gatherers and other subsistence pop...

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Published in:Evol Med Public Health
Main Authors: Gurven, Michael D., Trumble, Benjamin C., Stieglitz, Jonathan, Blackwell, Aaron D., Michalik, David E., Finch, Caleb E., Kaplan, Hillard S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5101910/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27666719
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eow028
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