Behavioural risk factors of arterial hypertension in the Evenk population of the Russian Arctic

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Svetlana Semenovna Shadrina, Anna Innokentievna Sivtseva, Elena Nikolaevna Sivtseva, Ara Andreevna Donskaya, Olga Nikolaevna Ivanova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019
• Subjects: smoking; alcohol consumption; physical activity; evenks; arterial hypertension; russian arctic; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Sakha; Evenki; Circumpolar Health; Evenk; Evenks; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Republic of Sakha; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1611329; https://doaj.org/article/1dd347e509ae48aaad31e4779c744443

The urgency of the problem under study is determined by the high prevalence of arterial hypertension among the indigenous minorities of the North in modern socio-economic conditions. The following article is aimed to evaluate the prevalence of behavioural arterial hypertension risk factors according...