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Circumpolar Health
Proceedings of the Third International Symposium, Yellowknife, NWT
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Edited by:
Roy J. Shephard
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English
Published/Copyright:
1976
About this book
This volume presents in tightly edited form more than ninety papers from the third international symposium on circumpolar health, held in Yellowknife in July 1974.
Author / Editor information
Shephard Roy J. :
Roy J. Shepard is a member of the Department of Environmental Health, School of Hygiene, University of Toronto.Itoh S. :
S. Itoh is a member of the Department of Physiology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
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Keynote address
1 - CURRENT TRENDS IN ARCTIC MEDICAL RESEARCH
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Current trends in arctic medical research in the Nordic countries with special reference to Sweden
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Current trends of medical research in Greenland
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Commentary
15 - BIORHYTHMS, COLD PHYSIOLOGY, AND PATHOLOGY
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Seasonal variations in daily patterns of urinary excretion by Eskimo subjects
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The relationship between physiological and biological mechanisms of human adaptation
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Mechanisms of human cold adaptation
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Regional sweating in Eskimos and Caucasians
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Is cold-diuresis a pressor diuresis?
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Renal function after core and surface rewarming of hypothermic dogs
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Cases of paradoxical undressing by people exposed to severe hypothermia
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Commentaries
71 - FITNESS AND WORK PHYSIOLOGY
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Working capacity of circumpolar peoples
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On the body composition of the Eskimo
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The maximal oxygen uptake in adult Lapps and Skolts
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Health of arctic fishermen as related to occupational work capacity
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Energy balance of an Eskimo community
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Changes in body composition during an arctic winter exercise
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Commentaries
118 - NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
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A review of recent nutritional research in the arctic
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Biochemical indices of nutrition of the lglooligmiut
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The dietary intake of Finnish Skolt children
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Investigation of blood lipids and food composition of Greenlandic Eskimos
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Isolated adult-type lactose malabsorption in Finnish Lapps
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Dietary habits of Greenland school children
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Commentaries
154 - GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS
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Current genetic trends in the Greenlandic population
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The origin of the Lapps in the light of recent genetic studies
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Demographic studies on the lnari Lapps in Finland
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Genetic polymorphisms in Utsjoki Lapps
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Correlation between glutathione reductase activity and acid phosphatase phenotypes: a biochemical population genetic study in Skolts and other Lapps
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Erythrocyte alanine amino transferase polymorphism in a Lappish population
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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
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Immunological homeostasis in a population migrated to polar regions
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Commentaries
219 - GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
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Growth of Eskimo children in northwestern Alaska
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Growth, development, and fitness of the Canadian Eskimo
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Secular changes in Lapps of northern Finland
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Skeletal maturation of the hand and wrist in Finnish Lapps
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Feeding practices and growth of lgloolik infants
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Trends in fertility in a northern Alaska community
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Commentaries
265 - ARCTIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
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Epidemiology of some non-infectious diseases in eastern Siberia
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Leukaemia in northern Finland
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The changing pattern of neoplastic disease in Canadian Eskimos
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Cancer in native populations in Labrador
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Allergy in the Yukon Territories: a review of fifty-six patients, with a botanical study of allergenic flora
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Commentaries
293 - ZOONOTIC AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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Mosquito vectors of California encephalitis virus in a Canadian subarctic region
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Epizootiology of rabies in Canada
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Parasites of Eskimos at lgloolik and Hall Beach, Northwest Territories
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Commentaries
315 - PULMONARY FUNCTION AND CHEST DISEASES
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Pulmonary function of Canadian Eskimos
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Chronic lung disease and cardiovascular consequences in lglooligmiut
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Tuberculosis in Finnish Lapland
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The relevance of studies of tuberculosis in Eskimos to antituberculous program planning
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Methodology and results of phenotyping isoniazid inactivators
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Intermittent chemotherapy of tuberculosis patients rapidly inactivating isoniazid
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Pathogenesis of urogenital tuberculosis: an experimental study in guinea pigs
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Commentaries
360 - ARCTIC OPHTHALMOLOGY
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Pterygium, climatic keratopathy, and pinguecula of the eyes in arctic and subarctic populations
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Types of strabismus occurring among Indians and Eskimos of the N'orthwest Territories
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Commentaries
382 - OTITIS MEDIA
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Ear disease among the Eskimo population of the Baffin zone
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Ear disease in western Canadian natives - a changing entity - and the results of tympanoplasty
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Chronic otitis media in the Keewatin district
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The problem of chronic otitis media in northern Finland
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Audiological problems of Eskimos 409 Audiological problems of the Eskimo population in the Baffin zone
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Commentaries
412 - DENTAL HEALTH
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Inuit culture change and oral health: a four-year study
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The dental disease status of Indians resident in the Sioux Lookout zone of northern Ontario
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Epidemiology of oral conditions in Skolt Lapps
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Commentaries
432 - CHILD HEALTH
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The Northwest Territories perinatal and infant mortality study: infant mortality in the Northwest Territories, 1973
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Design of the Northwest Territories perinatal and infant mortality and morbidity study
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The effects of social and economic background on the hospitalization of children during the first five years of life
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Changing health hazards in infancy and childhood in northern Canada
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Socio-economic correlates of mortality and morbidity among Inuit infants
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Child abuse in Alaska
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Commentaries
467 - MENTAL HEAL TH AND CULTURAL CHANGE
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Eskimo personality and society - yesterday and today
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Modernity, social structure, and mental health of Eskimos in the Canadian eastern arctic
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Acculturative stress in northern Canada: ecological, cultural, and psychological factors
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Psychological adaptation of Skolt Lapp children to cultural change
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Influence of environment on the physical and psychic development of Skolt Lapp and north Finnish children
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Mental health in northern Finland
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Psychiatric consultation and social work at a secondary school for Eskimo, Indian, and Aleut students in Alaska
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''Experience statements'' of Alaskan native high school students
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Adaptation to an extreme environment
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A model for psychiatric education in the North
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Psychiatric consultation to the eastern Canadian arctic communities
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Alcohol problems in western Greenland
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Criminal homicide in Greenland
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Commentaries
554 - HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
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Evaluation of Alaskan Native Health Service: alternative approaches to meeting basic health needs
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Comparison of health care in Alaska and Scandinavia
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Alaska native regional corporations and community mental health
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Inception of a'' grass roots'' mental health delivery system
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Consultant-general practitioner interaction in a northern university clinic
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The impact of two-way audiovideo satellite communication and a computerized health records system on the management of a rural arctic health program
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Involvement of natives in health care
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Native community health auxiliaries: developments in northern Canada, 1973-4
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Indian and Eskimo health auxiliaries
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Experience in the clinical training of nurses for isolated northern regions
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The outpost nurse: role and activities in northern Canada
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Physicians' assistants in Alaska
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The WAMI program: a three-year progress report on regionalized medical education in the north
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Commentaries
613 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ARCTIC ECOLOGY
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Resource exploitation and the health of western arctic man
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Housing and sickness in South Greenland: a sociomedical investigation
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Community attitudes and perception of waste management problems at Resolute, Northwest Territories
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Preventive measures against venereal diseases
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Cannikin nuclear explosion: human surveillance
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The significance of reports of mercury in various body tissues
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Mercury content of Iglooligmiut hair
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Commentaries
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List of contributors
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Index of authors
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