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Ethnic differences in CT derived abdominal body composition measures: a comparative retrospect pilot study between European and Inuit study population

International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Understanding ethnic variations in body composition is crucial for assessing health risks. Universal models may not suit all ethnicities, and there is limited data on the Inuit population.
Mia Solholt Godthaab Brath, Marina Sahakyan, Esben Bolvig Mark, Henrik Højgaard Rasmussen, Lasse Riis Østergaard, Jens Brøndum Frøkjær, Ulla Møller Weinreich, Marit Eika Jørgensen   +7 more
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Our health counts: population-based measures of urban Inuit health determinants, health status, and health care access

Canadian journal of public health, 2018
ObjectiveHealth determinants and outcomes are not well described for the growing population of Inuit living in southern urban areas of Canada despite known and striking health disparities for Inuit living in the north.
J. Smylie, M. Firestone, Mike Spiller
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Public knowledge about polar regions increases while concerns remain unchanged [PDF]

, 2012
The authors of this brief conduct the first comparative analysis of the polar questions that were part of the National Opinion Research Center\u27s 2006 and 2010 General Social Survey.
Cutler, Matthew J., Hamilton, Lawrence C., Schaefer, Andrew P.   +2 more
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Ethnic differences in leptin and adiponectin levels between Greenlandic Inuit and Danish children

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2013
Objective. In a recent study, we found that Greenlandic Inuit children had a more adverse metabolic profile than Danish children. Aerobic fitness and adiposity could only partly account for the differences.
Thor Munch-Andersen, Kaspar Sorensen, Niels-Jacob Aachmann-Andersen, Lise Aksglaede, Anders Juul, Jørn W. Helge   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Inuit gut microbiome is dynamic over time and shaped by traditional foods

Microbiome, 2017
BackgroundThe human gut microbiome represents a diverse microbial community that varies across individuals and populations, and is influenced by factors such as host genetics and lifestyle.
Geneviève Dubois, C. Girard, F. Lapointe, B. J. Shapiro   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Narwhal hunting by Pond Inlet Inuit: An analysis of foraging mode in the floe-edge environment [PDF]

, 2004
The harvesting of narwhals by Baffin Island Inuit represents an important relationship in terms of the continuous utilization of an indigenous marine resource.
Lee, David S., Wenzel, George W.
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Mythe de la femme et pouvoir de l'homme chez les Inuit de l'Arctique central (Canada) [PDF]

, 1977
Bernard Saladin d’Anglure
openalex   +1 more source

Reciprocal Inuit and Western research training: facilitating research capacity and community agency in Arctic research partnerships

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2018
Engaging community partners to work as co-researchers and research assistants for research involving Inuit communities or regions helps to ensure the equitable recognition of community and researcher priorities, mutual trust and respect, participation by
P. Ferrazzi, P. Christie, D. Jalovcic, Shirley Tagalik, Alanna Grogan   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

People of the Lakes [PDF]

, 2011
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Loovers, Jan Peter Laurens
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Social change, ecology and climate in 20th-century Greenland [PDF]

, 2000
Two great transitions, from seal hunting to cod fishing, then from cod fishing to shrimp, affected population centers of southwest Greenland during the20th century.
Hamilton, Lawrence C., Lyster, Per, Otterstad, Oddmund   +2 more
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