Demographic and biological studies of the Warao Indians

UCLA Latin American Center Publications, University of California

1980

xii, 252 p.

UCLA Latin American studies ; vol. 45

Includes bibliograhies and index.

0879030453

Contents: The Warao Indians of the Orinoco Delta ; Genesis and demography of a Warao subtribe, the Winikina / Johannes Wilbert -- Migration and cultural distance / H. Dieter Heinen, George Salas, and Miguel Layrisse -- Vital statistics of five Warao subtribes / Miguel Layrisse, George Salas, and H. Dieter Heinen -- Reliability and programming of demographic data of the Warao / George Salas, H. Dieter Heinen, and Miguel Layrisse -- Navigators of the Orinoco Delta, a picture essay / Johannes Wilbert -- Warao blood group systems / Miguel Layrisse, Zulay Layrisse, and Johannes Wilbert -- Red cell acid phosphatase polymorphism in the Warao / Inés Malavé -- The HLA system in the Warao / Zulay Layrisse -- Immunoglobulin determinants, Gm and Inv systems in the Warao / Miguel Layrisse and Zulay Layrisse -- Anthropometrics of the Warao / Mark Fleischman -- Physical working capacity of the Warao / Gerald W. Gardner -- Biomedical observations on the Warao / Miguel Layrisse and Zulay Layrisse.

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