Int J Circumpolar Health 2002; 60(2): 91-338


Part I

Proceedings of the Eleventh International Congress on Circumpolar Health
June 5-9, 2000 - Harsted, Norway


Foreword
George Conway

Opening address for ICCH 11
George Conway


PLENARIES

Rapid socio cultural change and health in the Arctic
Peter Bjerregaard

Traditional food systems research with Canadian Indigenous peoples
Harriet V Kuhnlein, Olivier Receveur, Hing Man Chan


NUTRITION AND ENVIRONMENT

Dietary intake among Alaska native womenresident of Anchorage, Alaska
Elizabeth Nobmann, Anne Lanier

Traditional foods in the diet of Chukotka natives
Irina P. Berezovikova, Farida R. Mamleeva

Cod liver oil consumption, smoking and coronary heart disease mortality: Three counties, Norway
Grace Egeland, Haakon E. Meyer, Randi Selmer, Aage Tverdal, Stein Emil Vollset

Moulds, moisture and microbial contamination of First Nations housing in British Columbia
Richard Lawrence, David Martin

Exposure to persistent organochlorines among Alaska Native women
Carol H. Rubin, Anne Lanier Mane Socha, John W. Brock, Stephanie Kiezak, Sheli Zahm


HEALTH CARE

Ecology and the community health in the North
Palmira G. Petrova, Natalia P Yakovleva Fedora A. Zakharova

Women's health workgroup establishes agenda
Karen Pearson

Risk perceptions and First Nations communities
Mark Osedowski 180

Epidemiology of injuries in Svalbard compared with Harstad
Børge Ytterstad, Arne Johan Norheim

Knowledgeable, consistent, competent care: meeting the challenges of delivering quality cancer care in remote northern communities
Bruce Minor, Mary Elfen Hill, Mary Jane Kurm, Dimitrios Vergidis

Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in northern populations of Siberia
Sergey A. Dogadin, Boris P Mashtakov, Tatyana E. Taranushenko


CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES

Ten year trends in cardiovascular risk factors of Siberian adolescents
D.V. Denissova, G. Zavjalova

Plasma lipoprotein(a) levels and APO(a) isoforms in native population of Chukotka with and without arterial hypertension
Yuri P Nikitin, Alexander V Tikhonov, Irina N. Grigorieva

The estimation of gametic disequilibrium between DNA markers in candidate genes for coronary artery disease (CAD) and the associations of gene complexes with risk factors for CAD
Maria Spiridonova, V.A. Stepanov, V.P. Puzyrev, R.S. Karpov

Genetic polymorphisms and CYP1A1, GSTM1 and p53 genes in a unique Siberian populations of Tundra nentsi and its pharmacogenetic importance
Tatyana Duzhak, L.P. Osipova, O.L. Posukh, O.B. Chasovnikova, V.I. Ostashevskii, V V Lyakhovich

Short term functional outcome of hospitalised first ever strokes in Finnmark, Norway in 1998 1999. Results from the Finnmark stroke register
Sven Mårten Samuelsson, Markku Mähönen Diaa Hassaf, Janne Isaksen, Gudrunn Berg

Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Yakutsk at the end of the 20th century
Karl G. Basharin


GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in the Asian part of Russia
Oleg V Reshetknikov, Svetlana A. Kurilovich, Crister Granberg, Veli Mies Häivä

Prevalence of dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome among adolescents of Novosibirsk, Western Siberia
Oleg V Reshetnikov, Svetlana A. Kurilovich, Diana V. Denisova, Larisa G. Zavjalova, Irina N. Tereshonok

Immunogenetic factors of predisposition to duodenal ulcer in Caucasian population of Western Siberia
Svetlana A. Kurilovich, Ludmila G Shlykova, Vladimir I. Konenkov

Diffuse liver lesions among the general population of Western Siberia
Svetlana A. Kurilovich, Oleg V Reshetnikov, Andrei N. Rybiakov, Serger G. Shakhmatov, Sophia K Malytina, Marina V Ivanova


MENTAL DISEASES AND ADDICTION

Socio economic and school factors of psychological and physical health in Siberian school children
Gennadji G. Knyazev, Helena R. Sldodskaya, Margarita V Safronova, Nadegda N. Savina

Culture bound mental disorders among the Tatars of the Siberian North
C.P. Korolenko, Husain Muhamedzanov

Suicide in a society transition
Markus Leineweber, Peter Bjerregaard, Cor Baerveldt, Paul Voestermans

Acute phase proteins as biological markers of addictive disorders in teenagers and children
Tatjana Korolenko, Olga N. Poteryaeva, Xenia V Li, Tatjana V Uchkina

The quality world change as a cause of addiction development in conditions of North
C.P. Korolenko, Dennis V Kensin

Antismoking activity in Novosibirsk
N.V. Alexeeva, O.L. Alexeev


ADAPTATION

Body thermal state influence on local skin thermosensitivity
Victor E. Divert

Ten day cold exposures develop adaptation compensatory mechanisms of regulation of heat exchange and breathing
Liudmila T. Kovtoun, Sergey G. Krivoschekov

Problems of combined chronic pathology in newcomers of the North
lgor M. Mitrofanov, Oleg V. Grishin

The northern cardiometeopathies
V.I. Hasnulin, E.V. Sevost'yonova, A.V. Hasnulin

Seasonal variations in respiratory system in healthy inhabitants of West Siberia
Valentina V Gultyaeva, Gennadiy S. Shishkin, Oleg V. Grishin


International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2002; 60(2): 91-338.