The Subfamily Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) in the West Indies

Arthropods: Crustacea – Ostracoda and Amphpoda

Hypertension in the West Indies.

Hypertension is the most common chronic disease in the West Indies, and is a major health problem today being among the 10 most common causes of death in the English-speaking territories of the region. Most patients have essential hypertension. Renal failure, stroke, and cardiac failure are the most common complications, myocardial infarction being relatively uncommon in black patients. While a...

Thalassemia in the West Indies.

U NTIL comparatively recently thalassemia was thought to be confined predominantly to persons of Mediterranean origin. it is now abundantly clear that it has a world-wide distribution1 being particularly prevalent in the Far East.2 Reports from Africa ,4 point to the possibility that thalassemia may occur with considerable frequency in the Negro. In addition there is strong evidence that thalas...

Some New Species of the Subfamily Trachyleberidinae (Ostracoda) from the

Five new ostracod species belonging to the subfamily Trachyleberidinae have been described. They are Paragrenocythere monilis and Peloriops levisulcata from the Maastrichtian of Iraq; Oertliella petraensis from the early Palaeocene (middle – late Danian) of Jordan; Reticulina syriaensis from the Palaeocene of Syria and Reticulina ninurta from the middle – late Eocene of Iraq.

Prehistory of the West Indies.

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