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 Haugdahl, Odland, Jon Øyvind, Petersen, Maria Skaalum, Rautio, Arja, Veyhe, Anna Sofia, Wennberg, Maria, Bergdahl, Ingvar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
• Subjects: VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Ernæring: 811; VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Nutrition: 811; VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine; Social medicine: 801; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin; sosialmedisin: 801; Cohorts; Diet; Arctic; Norway; Finland; Sweden; Russia; Faroes; Faroe Islands; Circumpolar Health; Iceland; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Alaska
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10687; https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.33803

Published version. Source at http://dx.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.