Overview of ongoing cohort and dietary studies in the Arctic

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Weihe, Pál, Bjerregaard, Peter, Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Eva, Dudarev, Alexey, Halling, Jónrit, Hansen, Solrunn, Muckle, Gina, Nøst, Therese, Odland, Jon Øyvind, Petersen, Maria Skaalum, Rautio, Arja, Veyhe, Anna Sofía, Wennberg, Maria, Bergdahl, Ingvar
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Co-Action Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program; Arctic; Faroe Islands; Norway; Arctic monitoring and assessment program; Iceland; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5156866/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27974135; https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.33803

This article gives an overview of the ongoing cohort and dietary studies underlying the assessment of population health in the Arctic. The emphasis here is on a description of the material, methods and results or preliminary results for each study. Detailed exposure information is available in an article in this journal, whereas another paper describes the effects associated with contaminant exposure in the Arctic. The cohort descriptions have been arranged geographically, beginning in Norway and moving east to Finland, Sweden, Russia and the other Arctic countries and ultimately to the Faroe Islands. No cohort studies have been reported for Alaska or Iceland.