Observations on Arctic and Subarctic Health
Comments on the problems of public health in northern regions of Canada and Alaska, particularly emphasizing the difficulties due to permafrost, poor sanitation and inadequate housing. The principal diseases affecting the native population are discussed, including typhoid, tuberculosis, parasitism a...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66514 2023-05-15T14:19:20+02:00 Observations on Arctic and Subarctic Health Albrecht, M.D., C. Earl 1965-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66514 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66514/50427 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66514 ARCTIC; Vol. 18 No. 3 (1965): September:149–204; 150-157 1923-1245 0004-0843 Diseases Tuberculosis Parasites Epidemics Health Inuit Indians info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion article-commentary 1965 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:21Z Comments on the problems of public health in northern regions of Canada and Alaska, particularly emphasizing the difficulties due to permafrost, poor sanitation and inadequate housing. The principal diseases affecting the native population are discussed, including typhoid, tuberculosis, parasitism and epidemics. The serious problem of accidents is mentioned (55% of all deaths over one yr in the Yukon). Statistics indicating rapid improvements in public health, particularly through control of tuberculosis, are given. The role of government and private organizations and future plans for increasing control of environment are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic inuit permafrost Subarctic Alaska Yukon University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Canada Yukon ARCTIC 18 3 150 |
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Comments on the problems of public health in northern regions of Canada and Alaska, particularly emphasizing the difficulties due to permafrost, poor sanitation and inadequate housing. The principal diseases affecting the native population are discussed, including typhoid, tuberculosis, parasitism and epidemics. The serious problem of accidents is mentioned (55% of all deaths over one yr in the Yukon). Statistics indicating rapid improvements in public health, particularly through control of tuberculosis, are given. The role of government and private organizations and future plans for increasing control of environment are discussed. |
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Observations on Arctic and Subarctic Health |
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Observations on Arctic and Subarctic Health |
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Observations on Arctic and Subarctic Health |
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Observations on Arctic and Subarctic Health |
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observations on arctic and subarctic health |
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ARCTIC; Vol. 18 No. 3 (1965): September:149–204; 150-157 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
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