Health transitions in Arctic populations / edited by T. Kue Young and Peter Bjerregaard.

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2008], ©2008.

xxi, 485 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

1. Introduction / Kue Young and Peter Bjerregaard -- pt. 1. Regions -- 2. Greenland / Peter Bjerregaard and Thomas Stensgaard -- 3. Northern Canada / Kue Young -- 4. Alaska / James Berner -- 5. Arctic Russia / Andrew Kozlov and Dmitry Lisitsyn -- 6. Northern Fennoscandia / Sven Hassler, Per Sjölander and Urban Janlert -- pt. 2. Peoples -- 7. Inuit / Peter Bjerregaard and Kue Young -- 8. Dene / Kue Young -- 9. Sami / Sven Hassler, Siv Kvernmo and Andrew Kozlov -- pt. 3. Determinants -- 10. Environment and living conditions / Peter Bjerregaard, James Berner and Jon Oyvind Odland -- 11. Diet, nutrition, and physical Activity / Peter Bjerregaard and Marit Jorgensen -- 12. Smoking, alcohol, and substance use / Anna Rita Spein -- 13. Genetic susceptibility / Robert Hegele and Rebecca Pollex -- 14. Cold exposure, adaptation, and performance / Tiina Makinen and Mika Rytkonen -- pt. 4. Consequences -- 15. Infectious diseases / Anders Koch, Michael Bruce and Preben Homoe -- 16. Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and obesity / Marit Jorgensen and Kue Young -- 17. Cancer / Jeppe Friborg and Sven Hassler -- 18. Injuries and violence / Kue Young and Sven Hassler -- 19. Mental health and suicide / Anne Silviken and Siv Kvernmo -- 20. Maternal and child health / Jon Oyvind Odland and Laura Arbour -- pt. 5. Strategies -- 21. Improving the health of Arctic populations / Peter Bjerregaard, Kue Young and James Berner.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-478).