title: The colorful people of Papua-New Guinea. Some of their habits and some diseases which result from these habits.
abstract: The customs and lifestyles of people are responsible for many of the diseases from which they suffer. Changes in the ways in which they live cause changes in their diseases.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000473:pathology*; D000818:Animals; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D007729:Kuru / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000473:pathology; D013552:Swine