Workshop on Antarctic medical research and medicine 2007
A workshop on Antarctic medical research and medicine 2007 was held on August 25, 2007 at the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo. Forty five members from 29 institutes participated in the workshop including doctors from China, Korea and India in addition to Japan. Wintering over doctors c...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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National Institute of Polar Research
2008
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.15094/00009431 https://doaj.org/article/6d624c0519014a61a4ecf242f481d3f6 |
| Summary: | A workshop on Antarctic medical research and medicine 2007 was held on August 25, 2007 at the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo. Forty five members from 29 institutes participated in the workshop including doctors from China, Korea and India in addition to Japan. Wintering over doctors currently stationed at Syowa Station also participated in the meeting and made presentations via a telecommunication system. A partial list of the issues discussed included international trends in Antarctic medical research, Asian reports of Antarctic medical activities, high altitude medicine in Antarctica, informed consent and ethical procedure in medical research, Legionella - survey at Antarctic wintering stations, real-time tele-consultation system for Antarctic medicine, rescue operation for brain stroke patients aboard fishing vessels in the Antarctic ocean and arid land medicine. |
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