Yuendumu : legacy of a longitudinal growth study in Central Australia /

This book provides a comprehensive account of a unique pioneering longitudinal study of human growth that continues to contribute to human knowledge and raise new questions 60 years after it commenced. Although over 200 scientific publications have arisen from the study, this book describes, in sing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Brown, Tasman, 1929- (Author), Townsend, Grant (Author), Pinkerton, Sandra K. (Author), Rogers, James R. (James Robert), 1941- (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Health surveys > Australia > Yuendumu (N.T.) Aboriginal Australians > Dental care > Australia > Yuendumu (N.T.) Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Yuendumu (N.T.) > Social conditions. Children, Aboriginal Australian > Health and hygiene > Australia > Yuendumu (N.T.) Oral Health > history. Stomatognathic Diseases > history. Dental Physiological Phenomena. Anthropology, Physical > methods. Oceanic Ancestry Group. Longitudinal Studies. History, 20th Century. MEDICAL / Dentistry / General. Northern Territory. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The Yuendumu project: anthropological foundations
Yuendumu and the Warlpiri: early history
Yuendumu: the longitudinal project, 1951-1960
Yuendumu: the longitudinal project, 1961-1971
Occlusal development and function in the Warlpiri
Facial growth patterns in the Warlpiri
People and personalities involved with the project
The past, the present and the future
The research legacy: publications, theses and films directly relating to the Yuendumu study.