Infant mortality and epidemic diseases. Wartime Finnmark in a comparative perspective
The effects of war on the health of the population have never been systematically studied. The article explores the impact of war on the general health condition of Finnmark’s population during the war years. The indicators chosen are infant mortality and the epidemic diseases diphtheria, scabies an...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6c3004f28c7e4ebbbddcdcb4d9dfc08e 2023-05-15T16:13:29+02:00 Infant mortality and epidemic diseases. Wartime Finnmark in a comparative perspective Nina Planting Mølmann Bjarne K. Jacobsen Ingunn Elstad 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3637 https://doaj.org/article/6c3004f28c7e4ebbbddcdcb4d9dfc08e EN NO eng nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3637 https://doaj.org/toc/0809-1668 https://doaj.org/toc/1503-2086 doi:10.7557/13.3637 0809-1668 1503-2086 https://doaj.org/article/6c3004f28c7e4ebbbddcdcb4d9dfc08e Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, Iss 37 (2015) epidemic diseases public health WW2 living conditions Norwegian literature PT8301-9155 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3637 2022-12-31T02:05:43Z The effects of war on the health of the population have never been systematically studied. The article explores the impact of war on the general health condition of Finnmark’s population during the war years. The indicators chosen are infant mortality and the epidemic diseases diphtheria, scabies and acute gastroenteritis. The development of the indicators in Finnmark is compared with the averages in Norway and Finnish Lapland. The findings deserve attention. The article discusses the statistical indicators and findings in a social and historical context with a range of sources. The article is a broad as well as penetrating analysis of the war’s impact on the health of the civilian population of Finnmark and on their everyday living and survival. Article in Journal/Newspaper Finnmark Finnmark Lapland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway Nordlit 37 |
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The effects of war on the health of the population have never been systematically studied. The article explores the impact of war on the general health condition of Finnmark’s population during the war years. The indicators chosen are infant mortality and the epidemic diseases diphtheria, scabies and acute gastroenteritis. The development of the indicators in Finnmark is compared with the averages in Norway and Finnish Lapland. The findings deserve attention. The article discusses the statistical indicators and findings in a social and historical context with a range of sources. The article is a broad as well as penetrating analysis of the war’s impact on the health of the civilian population of Finnmark and on their everyday living and survival. |
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Infant mortality and epidemic diseases. Wartime Finnmark in a comparative perspective |
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Infant mortality and epidemic diseases. Wartime Finnmark in a comparative perspective |
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Infant mortality and epidemic diseases. Wartime Finnmark in a comparative perspective |
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