Beyond our means: patterns of variability of physiological traits.

doi:10.2190/BKDL-N7DB-BDW8-DPYY

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Beyond our means: patterns of variability of physiological traits.

International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation - 1 Jan 1990

Himmelstein D U, Levins R, Woolhandler S

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Epidemiologists usually employ measures of variability of physiological traits such as blood pressure and cholesterol only to determine confidence intervals or statistical significance. For evolutionary biologists population variability per se has proven of interest. This article explores the app...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Age Factors
Analysis of Variance
Biological Evolution
Blood Pressure
Cholesterol
Confidence Intervals
Environment
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Health Surveys
Homeostasis
Humans
Physiology
Reference Values
Stress, Physiological

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PMID: 2307551
DOI: 10.2190/BKDL-N7DB-BDW8-DPYY

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