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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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/3637 2023-05-15T16:13:29+02:00 Infant mortality and epidemic diseases. Wartime Finnmark in a comparative perspective Mølmann, Nina Planting Jacobsen, Bjarne K. Elstad, Ingunn 2015-12-15 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3637 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3637 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3637/3625 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3637/3619 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3637/3626 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3637 doi:10.7557/13.3637 Copyright (c) 2015 Nina Planting Mølmann, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Ingunn Elstad http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Nordlit; No 37 (2015): Living the War; 1–36 Nordlit; Nr 37 (2015): Living the War; 1–36 1503-2086 0809-1668 epidemic diseases public health WW2 living conditions info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2015 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3637 2021-08-16T15:52:32Z 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 University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing 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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infant mortality and epidemic diseases. wartime finnmark in a comparative perspective |
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