The international biological program/human adaptability studies among the Skolt Sami in Finland (1966–1970)

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Henrik Forsius, Aldur W. Eriksson, Johan Fellman
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012
• Subjects: Sami; iris; fundus; translucency; hair; eyebrows; eyelashes; age effect on pigmentation; photosensitivity; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Nellim; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; sami
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18186; https://doaj.org/article/34b8aac38ca045bf85912b172a39e3d0

Background: The population is increasingly lighter pigmented moving in a northward direction in Europe until reaching the Arctic Circle, where the Samis (Lapps) are clearly more pigmented. Methods: In 1966–1970, we investigated a total of 689 subjects in the villages of Sevettij&#x00E...