Natural selection and degenerative cardiovascular disease
- 1 June 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Eugenics Quarterly
- Vol. 14 (2) , 127-131
- https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.1967.9987712
Abstract
Coronary heart disease in contemporary primitive societies, coronary artery disease in women, the pattern of human social development and possible course of evolution of coronary heart disease are discussed in an attempt to answer the question of whether degenerative vascular disease arose as a result of natural selection.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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