Systemic reactions of haemostasis, haemodynamics, blood lipids and thrombocyte membrane state in watch labour in the trans-polar region.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper describes the overall aims and design of the Social Transitions in the North study. The objective of the STN study was to assess how epidemiological, demographic and domestic changes have affected Northern communities. STUDY DESIGN:Sixteen communities in the Russian Far East and Alaska were compar...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Mason R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our research in high latitudes has allowed the identification of a special class of deadaptive disorders, northern cardiometeopathies, which integrates cardiovascular functional violations connected to biologically significant modifications of meteorological, geomagnetic, electrical, gravitational, rhythmological and ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Hasnulin VI,Sevost'yanova EV,Hasnulina AV

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable interest exists in characterizing the extent of changes in methylmercury exposures from preindustrial to modern-day times. Hair is often preserved over centuries and has been useful in determining the extent of dietary trace metal exposures, particularly methylmercury. We examined 16 human hair samples ta...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Egeland GM,Ponce R,Knecht R,Bloom NS,Fair J,Middaugh JP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Aboriginal communities have a high prevalence of diabetes and heart disease, and limited resources to address them. The objective of this study was to test the effectiveness of prioritizing care with audit and feedback on cholesterol management of diabetic patients. STUDY DESIGN:A controlled before-after in...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Bhattacharyya O,Harris S,Zwarenstein M,Barnsley J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morbidity and mortality rates of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) are very high in Siberia. The prevalence of NCD risk factors is also very high, smoking being one of the most widespread risk factors. Prevention and cessation of smoking may improve the health of the population. Within the framework of the WHO MONICA (Mo...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Alekseeva NV,Molokov AL,Astakhova TI

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human health is now a critical component of the Arctic Council's sustainable development program. The newly formed Arctic Human Health Expert Group (AHHEG), a subsidiary body of experts within the Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), will focus on identifying human health priorities that will improve the heal...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Parkinson AJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether dietary supplementation with seal oil influenced the risk factors of atherosclerosis in healthy volunteers. Two intervention studies were carried out as preliminary steps in a larger project which aim at elucidating the disease preventive potential of seal oil. In study I ten healthy volunteers add...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Bonefeld-Jørgensen EC,Møller SM,Hansen JC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to learn from snow crab plants workers and others involved in the industry their knowledge and beliefs of health issues and potential solutions. STUDY DESIGN:This is a survey in four communities with different crab plant designs in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. METHODS:At the ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Jong M,Neis B,Cartier A,Horth-Susin L,Howse D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With a low breast cancer incidence and low population density, Greenland is geographically and organisationally challenged in implementing a cost effective breast cancer screening programme where a large proportion of the Greenlandic women will have to travel far to attend. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the cos...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Christensen MK,Niclasen BV,Iburg KM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was aimed at ascertaining the prevalence of diffuse liver lesions and associated factors in the general population of Novosibirsk, Western Siberia. A representative sample of 362 men and 870 women aged 25-64 years was investigated using ultrasound examination and blood tests for liver-derived enzymes (AST, A...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Kurilovich SA,Reshetnikov OV,Rybiakov AN,Shakhmatov SG,Malytina SK,Ivanova MV

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a nationally developed and state-administered telephone survey which monitors the health behaviors and practices of adults aged 18 and older. One use of the survey is to monitor progress towards some of the Year 2000 Health Objectives for the United Stat...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Ingle DE,Owen PG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Canadian First Nations population is disproportionately burdened by diabetes and diabetes complications. Body weight management is purported to be important in the prevention and management of diabetes. In this study, we sought to describe weight change in a First Nation cohort according to diabetes status and man...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Riediger ND,Lukianchuk V,Roulette J,Lix LM,Elliott L,Bruce SG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic ultrasound in remote sites is limited by attendant delay in interpretation and reporting. Technology advances were incorporated in an ultrasound program based in Churchill, Manitoba, and designed to meet the needs of the Central Canadian Arctic. Still-frame ultrasound images are digitized via a sonographer'...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Martin BD,Levi C,Kelly JL

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well documented that dietary patterns have been changing for northern indigenous peoples as they adapt to a contemporary lifestyle. Recent dietary research among Chukotka Native adults showed a higher intake of saturated fatty acids (15% of energy) and sugar, and lower content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (5%)...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Mamleeva FR,Efendieva JB,Nikitin YP

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With invasive Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) disease controlled by vaccination with conjugate Hib vaccines, there is concern that invasive disease due to non-serotype b strains may emerge. OBJECTIVE:This study characterized invasive H. influenzae (Hi) isolates from Nunavut, Canada, in the post-Hib ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Tsang RS,Li YA,Mullen A,Baikie M,Whyte K,Shuel M,Tyrrell G,Rotondo JA,Desai S,Spika J

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the clinical management of type 2 diabetes in the Eeyou Istchee communities of northern Quebec. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective quality assurance audit. METHODS:Patients with diabetes were identified using the Cree Diabetes Information System. Charts of eligible patients were audited for healthcare ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Naqshbandi Hayward M,Kuzmina E,Dannenbaum D,Torrie J,Huynh J,Harris S

更新日期：2012-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In the first part of the study the prevalence and incidence of diagnosed Type 2 diabetes among adult rural populations of southern, central and northern areas of the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia is compared. The six-year mean incidence of diabetes in the southern area was 0.86 per 1000 (95% CI: 0.66-1.06), in the cen...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Dogadin SA,Mashtakov BP,Taranushenko TE

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that the unexpectedly low prevalence of winter depression in Iceland is explained by Icelanders enjoying more daylight, during the winter months, than allocated to them by latitude. METHODS:A conventional photometer was applied to measure illuminance on a horizontal surface at 64 degr...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Axelsson J,Ragnarsdóttir S,Pind J,Sigbjörnsson R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold causes cardiopulmonary stress often perceived as shortness of breath or chest pain, and causes exacerbation of these symptoms in persons suffering heart or lung disease. We investigated the prevalence of these symptoms and their association with sex, age and cold exposure in a population-based sample of 1,785 per...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Hassi J,Remes J,Kotaniemi JT,Kettunen P,Näyhä S

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to develop a dietary instrument (food frequency questionnaire [FFQ]) that measured total dietary intake over 1 year among Alaska Native people in 2 regions. Ways of assessing diet are needed in order to accurately evaluate how the diets of Alaska Natives relate to their health. ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Johnson JS,Nobmann ED,Asay E,Lanier AP

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We exposed six healthy men to 1-h cold air (10 degrees C) daily for 11 days and measured adrenal and thyroid hormones and TSH in serum before and after the cold air exposure on days 0, 5 and 10. We observed that on days 0, 5 and 10 the resting levels and the levels after the cold exposure in serum adrenaline, thyroid ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Korhonen I,Hassi J,Leppäluoto J

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Finland, children spend a lot of time outdoors in winter. Outdoor recreation in winter has a wide variety of effects on children's well-being. Although children are a subgroup that is vulnerable to cold exposure, remarkably little research has been done on the subject. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Rasi H,Kuivila H,Pölkki T,Bloigu R,Rintamäki H,Tourula M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the age specific prevalence of diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Greenland in 2008, and to evaluate the influence of electronic database access on the quality of the clinical management of the disease. STUDY DESIGN:Observational and cross-sectional study, review of medical records and...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Pedersen ML

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliance on self-reported health status information as a measure of population health can be challenging due to errors associated with participant recall. We sought to determine agreement between self-reported and registry-recorded site-specific cancer diagnoses in a cohort of Alaska Native people. We linked cancer hi...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Nash SH,Day G,Hiratsuka VY,Zimpelman GL,Koller KR

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Russian Arctic, alarming trends (shortage of nomadic Indigenous women, high reproductive loss, child mortality rates) indicate long-term changes towards demographic decline. This study aimed at comparing some indicators of the reproductive health (childbirth rates, number of pregnancies, pregnancy loss) of Indi...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Bogdanova E,Andronov S,Lobanov A,Kochkin R,Popov A,Asztalos Morell I,Odland J

更新日期：2021-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Experiences in one's family of origin, especially the relationship to one's parents, supposedly form the basis of relationships in adulthood. The connection between traumatic childhood events and later life has been studied intensively, whereas average childhood growth experiences have been given less attent...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Kiviniemi AA,Wasz-Höckert O,Seitamo LK,Joskitt LO,Heikkinen HP,Moilanen IK,Ebeling HE

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to reduce barriers that prevent implementation of evidence-based recommendations about single-fraction palliative radiotherapy (PRT) and to demonstrate that single-fraction PRT yields similar outcomes as long-course treatment (≥10 fractions) in patients with bone metastases from breast cancer...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Nieder C,Dalhaug A,Haukland E,Mannsåker B,Pawinski A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High suicide rates in the Russian North are coupled with high alcohol consumption in the described populations. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the potential role of alcohol consumption on suicides in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) in 2002-2012 and to compare this information with corresponding data from the ne...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Sumarokov YA,Brenn T,Kudryavtsev AV,Sidorenkov O,Nilssen O

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review suicide patterns among Inuit in Canada and highlight new developments in Inuit-driven and community-based suicide prevention. Study design. Narrative overview of suicide among Inuit in Canada, strides towards Inuit autonomy, and community and government action towards suicide prevention. METHODS:R...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Kral Mj,Wiebe PK,Nisbet K,Dallas C,Okalik L,Enuaraq N,Cinotta J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Over the last decades, reindeer-herding management has experienced dramatic changes, e.g. increased motorization and socio-economic pressure. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether these changes have increased the risk of fatal, work-related accidents and suicide between 1961 and 2000. STUDY...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Hassler S,Sjölander P,Johansson R,Grönberg H,Damber L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00