Capacity for Work in the Tropics

Klappentext

In this volume the knowledge of working capacity in tropical populations is reviewed in a series of illustrative papers.

Inhalt

1. Measurement of working capacity in populations; 2. Functional consequences of malnutrition; 3. Growth stature and muscular efficiency; 4. Ethnic and socio-cultural differences in working capacity; 5. Energy expenditure and endemic disease; 6. Research models in tropical ecosystems.