Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. PREFACE XV
4. Keynote address 1
5. CURRENT TRENDS IN ARCTIC MEDICAL RESEARCH
6. Current trends in arctic medical research in the Nordic countries with special reference to Sweden 8
7. Current trends of medical research in Greenland 12
8. Commentary 15
9. BIORHYTHMS, COLD PHYSIOLOGY, AND PATHOLOGY
10. Seasonal variations in daily patterns of urinary excretion by Eskimo subjects 17
11. The relationship between physiological and biological mechanisms of human adaptation 23
12. Mechanisms of human cold adaptation 37
13. Regional sweating in Eskimos and Caucasians 46
14. Is cold-diuresis a pressor diuresis? 49
15. Renal function after core and surface rewarming of hypothermic dogs 55
16. Cases of paradoxical undressing by people exposed to severe hypothermia 61
17. Commentaries 71
18. FITNESS AND WORK PHYSIOLOGY
19. Working capacity of circumpolar peoples 78
20. On the body composition of the Eskimo 91
21. The maximal oxygen uptake in adult Lapps and Skolts 97
22. Health of arctic fishermen as related to occupational work capacity 101
23. Energy balance of an Eskimo community 106
24. Changes in body composition during an arctic winter exercise 113
25. Commentaries 118
26. NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
27. A review of recent nutritional research in the arctic 120
28. Biochemical indices of nutrition of the lglooligmiut 130
29. The dietary intake of Finnish Skolt children 135
30. Investigation of blood lipids and food composition of Greenlandic Eskimos 141
31. Isolated adult-type lactose malabsorption in Finnish Lapps 145
32. Dietary habits of Greenland school children 150
33. Commentaries 154
34. GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS
35. Current genetic trends in the Greenlandic population 165
36. The origin of the Lapps in the light of recent genetic studies 169
37. Demographic studies on the lnari Lapps in Finland 182
38. Genetic polymorphisms in Utsjoki Lapps 188
39. Correlation between glutathione reductase activity and acid phosphatase phenotypes: a biochemical population genetic study in Skolts and other Lapps 194
40. Erythrocyte alanine amino transferase polymorphism in a Lappish population 197
41. Unusual hereditary diseases in Sweden 201 Unusual hereditary diseases in northern Sweden: a review, with particular reference to primary familial amyloidosis with polyneuropathy, Urbach- Wiethe disease, and Huntington's chorea 201
42. Immunological homeostasis in a population migrated to polar regions 210
43. Commentaries 219
44. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
45. Growth of Eskimo children in northwestern Alaska 223
46. Growth, development, and fitness of the Canadian Eskimo 230
47. Secular changes in Lapps of northern Finland 239
48. Skeletal maturation of the hand and wrist in Finnish Lapps 248
49. Feeding practices and growth of lgloolik infants 254
50. Trends in fertility in a northern Alaska community 259
51. Commentaries 265
52. ARCTIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
53. Epidemiology of some non-infectious diseases in eastern Siberia 269
54. Leukaemia in northern Finland 275
55. The changing pattern of neoplastic disease in Canadian Eskimos 277
56. Cancer in native populations in Labrador 283
57. Allergy in the Yukon Territories: a review of fifty-six patients, with a botanical study of allergenic flora 289
58. Commentaries 293
59. ZOONOTIC AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
60. Mosquito vectors of California encephalitis virus in a Canadian subarctic region 296
61. Epizootiology of rabies in Canada 301
62. Parasites of Eskimos at lgloolik and Hall Beach, Northwest Territories 306
63. Commentaries 315
64. PULMONARY FUNCTION AND CHEST DISEASES
65. Pulmonary function of Canadian Eskimos 320
66. Chronic lung disease and cardiovascular consequences in lglooligmiut 327
67. Tuberculosis in Finnish Lapland 331
68. The relevance of studies of tuberculosis in Eskimos to antituberculous program planning 334
69. Methodology and results of phenotyping isoniazid inactivators 342
70. Intermittent chemotherapy of tuberculosis patients rapidly inactivating isoniazid 348
71. Pathogenesis of urogenital tuberculosis: an experimental study in guinea pigs 354
72. Commentaries 360
73. ARCTIC OPHTHALMOLOGY
74. Pterygium, climatic keratopathy, and pinguecula of the eyes in arctic and subarctic populations 364
75. Types of strabismus occurring among Indians and Eskimos of the N'orthwest Territories 373
76. Commentaries 382
77. OTITIS MEDIA
78. Ear disease among the Eskimo population of the Baffin zone 384
79. Ear disease in western Canadian natives - a changing entity - and the results of tympanoplasty 389
80. Chronic otitis media in the Keewatin district 398
81. The problem of chronic otitis media in northern Finland 403
82. Audiological problems of Eskimos 409 Audiological problems of the Eskimo population in the Baffin zone 409
83. Commentaries 412
84. DENTAL HEALTH
85. Inuit culture change and oral health: a four-year study 414
86. The dental disease status of Indians resident in the Sioux Lookout zone of northern Ontario 421
87. Epidemiology of oral conditions in Skolt Lapps 425
88. Commentaries 432
89. CHILD HEALTH
90. The Northwest Territories perinatal and infant mortality study: infant mortality in the Northwest Territories, 1973 435
91. Design of the Northwest Territories perinatal and infant mortality and morbidity study 441
92. The effects of social and economic background on the hospitalization of children during the first five years of life 443
93. Changing health hazards in infancy and childhood in northern Canada 448
94. Socio-economic correlates of mortality and morbidity among Inuit infants 452
95. Child abuse in Alaska 461
96. Commentaries 467
97. MENTAL HEAL TH AND CULTURAL CHANGE
98. Eskimo personality and society - yesterday and today 469
99. Modernity, social structure, and mental health of Eskimos in the Canadian eastern arctic 479
100. Acculturative stress in northern Canada: ecological, cultural, and psychological factors 490
101. Psychological adaptation of Skolt Lapp children to cultural change 497
102. Influence of environment on the physical and psychic development of Skolt Lapp and north Finnish children 507
103. Mental health in northern Finland 513
104. Psychiatric consultation and social work at a secondary school for Eskimo, Indian, and Aleut students in Alaska 517
105. ''Experience statements'' of Alaskan native high school students 525
106. Adaptation to an extreme environment 530
107. A model for psychiatric education in the North 537
108. Psychiatric consultation to the eastern Canadian arctic communities 539
109. Alcohol problems in western Greenland 543
110. Criminal homicide in Greenland 548
111. Commentaries 554
112. HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
113. Evaluation of Alaskan Native Health Service: alternative approaches to meeting basic health needs 559
114. Comparison of health care in Alaska and Scandinavia 564
115. Alaska native regional corporations and community mental health 567
116. Inception of a'' grass roots'' mental health delivery system 571
117. Consultant-general practitioner interaction in a northern university clinic 576
118. The impact of two-way audiovideo satellite communication and a computerized health records system on the management of a rural arctic health program 581
119. Involvement of natives in health care 584
120. Native community health auxiliaries: developments in northern Canada, 1973-4 588
121. Indian and Eskimo health auxiliaries 591
122. Experience in the clinical training of nurses for isolated northern regions 596
123. The outpost nurse: role and activities in northern Canada 600
124. Physicians' assistants in Alaska 605
125. The WAMI program: a three-year progress report on regionalized medical education in the north 609
126. Commentaries 613
127. PUBLIC HEALTH AND ARCTIC ECOLOGY
128. Resource exploitation and the health of western arctic man 617
129. Housing and sickness in South Greenland: a sociomedical investigation 627
130. Community attitudes and perception of waste management problems at Resolute, Northwest Territories 635
131. Preventive measures against venereal diseases 642
132. Cannikin nuclear explosion: human surveillance 647
133. The significance of reports of mercury in various body tissues 650
134. Mercury content of Iglooligmiut hair 658
135. Commentaries 664
136. List of contributors 667
137. Index of authors 675