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：: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：: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：:We report further details of the Eurowinter survey of cold related mortalities and protective measures against cold in seven regions of Europe, and review these with other evidence on the relationship of winter mortality to climate. Data for the oldest subject group studied, aged 65-74, showed that in this vulnerable ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Keatinge WR,Donaldson GC,Bucher K,Jendritzky G,Cordioli E,Martinelli M,Katsouyanni K,Kunst AE,McDonald C,Näyhä S,Vuori I,Eurowinter Group.

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:The most important risk factors and findings of acute accidental hypothermia and concomitant local frostbites are reviewed. Both external and internal risk factors are usually present when exposure to cold is leading to death. The external factors are alcohol and psychic drugs, too light a clothing for the circumstanc...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Hirvonen J

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prevalence study methodology developed for use in rural and frontier settings is described. The general method was developed over a 15 year period and has been successfully adapted and used in studies of 14 different childhood onset developmental disorders. Subjects were the 168,000 school aged children from North D...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Burd L,Kerbeshian J,Klug MG,McCulloch K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones are important for metabolic regulation. A number of studies have dealt with the effect of arctic living on thyroid hormone secretion and metabolism in healthy animals and humans. Little is however known of the effect of arctic living on the occurrence of thyroid diseases. In a study from Upernavik, Gr...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Andersen S,Hvingel B,Laurberg P

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality was compared in two major towns in northern Finland (Kemi and Oulu), which according to previous studies have high and low mortalities, respectively. In 1991-1995 life expectancy at birth in Oulu exceeded the national average by 0.7 years in males and 0.4 years in females but in Kemi it fell short of the nat...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Näyhä S,Hassi J

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reasons for the rapidly increasing prevalence of diabetes (NIDDM) among Alaskan Eskimos are only partly understood. This study examines the association of fatty acid metabolism in 68 Alaskan Eskimos with NIDDM or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and 386 with normal glucose tolerance > 24 years old. The prevalence ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Ebbesson SO,Kennish J,Ebbesson L,Go O,Yeh J

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Under the auspices of Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), a Russian-Norwegian co-operation project was established to assess the exposure of delivering women to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Arctic areas of Russia. In the period 1993-95 blood and breast milk samples were collected from 94 deli...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Klopov V,Odland JO,Burkow IC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we review the thirty-year-old person from the viewpoint of the development psychology, life span, physical health and family life. In his psychological development a person has at this stage become adult, but he still uses some psychic mechanisms and coping strategies which are typical for the adolesce...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Isohanni M,Tervo A,Wahlberg KE

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infertility is an increasing problem for both individuals and societies. The number of couples seeking treatment for infertility is increasing each year, and public interest seems to be rising along with the new treatment methods and the improving results. Male infertility is also of great interest now that several st...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Raitio A,Järvelin MR,Joffe M,Martikainen H,Hartikainen AL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cluster is a mini-epidemic of a rare disease. Clusters may give clues to the etiology of disease, or may signal a hazardous exposure. Unfortunately, cluster investigations seldom are conclusive, for several reasons. Statistically significant clusters can occur by chance. The probability of finding chance cancer clus...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Cobb N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because Alaska does not have its own medical school, it has become part of WAMI (Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), an educational agreement with the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSM). Each year, 10 Alaskans are accepted into the entering class of UWSM and spend their first year at the University of...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Fortuine R,Dimino MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Innuulisivik Maternity is a northern-based service in Povungnituk, Quebec, which serves the Inuit women of the Hudson Coast. Although most women stay in the North for childbirth, others are transferred south. This paper will describe the experience of the Innuulisivik Maternity, which uses committee-based risk ass...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Chatwood-Affleck S,Lippman A,Joseph L,Pekeles G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1991 and 1992, changes were made to the rate structure and eligibility requirements of the Northern Air Stage Program. To determine the effect of these changes on the affordability of a nutritious diet, food price surveys were conducted in 20 isolated communities, staging points, and selected southern cities and us...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Lawn J,Robbins H,Hill F

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subsistence food preparations may lead to human illnesses caused by pathogenic bacteria and viruses. Little is known about the incidence of food-borne illnesses other than botulism in circumpolar indigenous populations. Lack of documentation for other pathogens may be related to the sparsely populated communities invo...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Himelbloom BH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data have been lacking on the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis B (HB) infections in the North American Indian population in Canada. In January 1992, surveillance was introduced into two residential First Nations alcohol and drug treatment centers in British Columbia as part of an AIDS/STD education program. Male and fe...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Martin JD,Mathias RG

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：:Seven-field stereo retinal photography is both 100% sensitive and specific for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy and is the standard for evaluating the severity of retinopathy both for clinical and epidemiological studies. It is also very useful for follow-up of diabetics and eventual treatment of complicated cases with...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Martin JD,Yidegiligne HM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drawing on census data and psychiatric hospital records, this paper examines the impact of rapid socioeconomic change on the mental health of residents in Northwestern Ontario resource-dependent communities. This research investigates whether residents in economically growing and declining communities experience more ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Park J,Nelson CH

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Inuit women's perceptions of health risks from potential contamination in the arctic food chain were investigated in 1995 through in-depth interviews with 47 women in a Canadian arctic community. This number represents 34% of the eligible participants in the population of the research community. Many of these Inuit wo...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Egan C

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：: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：:Two different possible behaviors at -5 degrees C after cold water immersion were studied. A test subject wearing winter clothing walked (5 km/h) on a treadmill for 45 minutes at -5 degrees C and at a wind velocity of 3 m/s with dry clothing, immediately after a thorough immersion in 5 degrees C water, or after immersi...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Rintamäki H,Hassi J,Mäkinen T,Koskenvuo K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anglican Church of Canada burial records from 1851-1964 for the Moose Factory First Nation are analysed for mortality seasonality. The 113-year study period is subdivided into three death cohorts (1851-1906, 1914-1945 and 1946-1964) that broadly reflect the late 19th century, early 20th century, and the post-WWII peri...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Herring DA,Hoppa RD

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In an eight years period new peptic ulcer was diagnosed in 127 Inuit patients at the Central Hospital, Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk/Godthåb. The ratios: duodenal ulcers (DU): prepyloric ulcers (PPU): gastric ulcers (GU) were 17:22:88. The male:female ratio was 2:1. 46 of the patients were living permanent...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Fenger HJ,Gudmand-Høyer E

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00