Circumpolar health gains an identity of its own
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Health of Indigenous Circumpolar Populations
Indigenous circumpolar populations have experienced profound transitions in lifeways over the past half-century as a result of economic development. Although there have been positive aspects of this social transformation, most circumpolar groups today have a triple burden of disease, with a modestly elevated infectious disease level, an elevated and increasing burden of chronic conditions such ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
سال: 2002
ISSN: 2242-3982
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v61i3.17451