Notes on the Prevention and Treatment of “Spekk Finger”

Spekk finger is the Norwegian name for a condition which is confined to people engaged in Arctic sealing. The word indicates that the disease has its origin from the blubber of seals and other mammals.

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Rodahl, Kåre
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1943
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s003224740003299x 2025-01-16T20:23:02+00:00 Notes on the Prevention and Treatment of “Spekk Finger” Rodahl, Kåre 1943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740003299x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740003299X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 4, issue 25, page 17-18 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1943 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s003224740003299x 2024-02-20T00:02:57Z Spekk finger is the Norwegian name for a condition which is confined to people engaged in Arctic sealing. The word indicates that the disease has its origin from the blubber of seals and other mammals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Polar Record 4 25 17 18
spellingShingle General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Rodahl, Kåre
Notes on the Prevention and Treatment of “Spekk Finger”
title Notes on the Prevention and Treatment of “Spekk Finger”
title_full Notes on the Prevention and Treatment of “Spekk Finger”
title_fullStr Notes on the Prevention and Treatment of “Spekk Finger”
title_full_unstemmed Notes on the Prevention and Treatment of “Spekk Finger”
title_short Notes on the Prevention and Treatment of “Spekk Finger”
title_sort notes on the prevention and treatment of “spekk finger”
topic General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
topic_facet General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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