Int J Circumpolar Health 2008; 67(2-3): 161- 296

EDITORIAL

Positive steps in the international collaboration in the field of circumpolar health and wellbeing
Hassi J
[editorial]


REVIEWS

Vitamin D and living in northern latitudes - an endemic risk area for vitamin D deficiency
Huotari A, Herzig KH
[full text] [abstract]

An overview of Aboriginal health research in the social sciences: current trends and future directions
Wilson K, Young TK
[full text] [abstract]


ORIGINAL ARTICLES

 

Diabetes risk evaluation and microalbuminuria (DREAM) studies: ten years of participatory research with a First Nation’s home and community model for type 2 diabetes care in northern Saskatchewan
Pylypchuk G, Vincent L, Wentworth J, Kiss A, Perkins N, Hartman S, Ironstand L, Hoppe J, Tobe SW
[full text] [abstract]

Effect of special diabetes program for Indians funding on system changes in diabetes care and outcomes among American Indian/Alaska Native people 1994-2004
Ramesh M, Schraer C, Mayer AM, Asay E, Koller K
[full text] [abstract]

Arctic development and historical analysis: the use of historical methodology in addressing current issues in the Arctic
Douglas VK
[full text] [abstract]

Oil workers and seat belt wearing behavior: the northern Alberta context
Rothe JP
[full text] [abstract]

Exercise and risk of injurious fall late in home-dwelling life
Iinattiniemi S, Jokelainen J, Luukinen H
[full text] [abstract]

Oral pain and associated factors among adolescents in northern Finland
Lahti S, Sipilä K, Taanila A, Laitinen J
[full text] [abstract]

The effect of UVB radiation on skin microbiota in patients with atopic dermatitis and healthy controls
Dotterud LK
[full text] [abstract]

Use of lead isotope ratios to identify sources of lead exposure in Alaska Natives
Patel MM, Adrianne H, Jones R, Jarrett J, Berner J, Rubin CS
[full text] [abstract]

Outdoor sleeping of children in winter: parents’ experiences of culturally bound childcare practice
Tourula M, Isola A, Hassi J
[full text] [abstract]

Health problems related to working in extreme cold conditions indoors
Piedrahita H, Oksa J, Malm C, Rintamäki H
[full text] [abstract]


CIRCUMPOLAR DISSERTATION

Iron status and prevalence of hereditary haemochromatosis in a multiethnic population in northern Norway
Broderstad AR
[circumpolar dissertation]


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Health transitions in Arctic populations
Young TK, Bjerregaard P
[announcement]

CHS 2008 (3): Circumpolar Health Indicators: Sources, Data and Maps
Young TK
[announcement]


International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2008; 67(2-3): 161-296.