Anthropology
Open Access
ISSN: 2332-0915
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2332-0915
+44 1223 790975
Kaustav Das
India
Review Article
Is Rh Factor is Behind the Moderate Life Expectancy of Uttarakhand Tribals? A Brief Review
Author(s): Shafali Pawar, Mainak Chakraborty, Koel Mukherjee and Kaustav DasShafali Pawar, Mainak Chakraborty, Koel Mukherjee and Kaustav Das
Indigenous communities and tribes are diverse and distributed all over the Indian subcontinent. While tribal communities are unique, many share characteristics that can affect the ability to prepare for, respond to and cope with the impact of environment on their health, living in different ecological and geo-climatic conditions ranging from hills to plain. It is evident that, health of different tribal communities influenced by not only the environmental forces but also their varied ways of life including their socio-economic condition, nutrition, dietary habit, literacy, hygiene and sanitation, socio-religious beliefs etc. This review article purposively deals with such a health monitoring indicator- life expectancy from sample representatives of tribal groups from a specific geographical zone called Terai (interior forested mountainous region) of Uttarakhand. After analysing the da.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2332-0915.1000191