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Medical equipment for expeditions. [PDF]
BMJ: British Medical Journal, 1981 Each year more than 200 expeditions leave Britain to travel to destinations around the world, to climb mountains, explore jungles, to study plants or beetles, and to seek excitement and adventure. Expeditions may differ greatly in size, duration, objectives, and activities, but none can avoid the possibility of accident or illness.
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The Biodiversity of Peter I Island—The Most Remote Island in the World [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionPeter I Island is one of the most isolated and least visited islands on earth; lying within the Antarctic Polar Front but over 420 km from continental Antarctica makes it inherently interesting to study in the context of polar biogeography.
Michelle Jackson +10 more
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Medical Planning for Extended Remote Expeditions [PDF]
Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, 2013 Remote extended expeditions often support scientific research and commercial resource exploration or extraction in hostile environments. Medical support for these expeditions is inherently complex and requires in-depth planning. To be successful, this planning must include substantial input from clinicians with experience in remote, emergency, and ...
Kenneth V Iserson
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The expanding H5N1 avian influenza panzootic causes high mortality of skuas in Antarctica [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHigh pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 subtype (H5N1 HPAIV), clade 2.3.4.4b, is expanding its host and geographical range, and invaded Antarctica in 2023. Although mortality in Antarctic wildlife from H5N1 HPAIV has been suspected, mainly based on
Matteo Iervolino +21 more
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Reasons for medical consultation among members of the Indian Scientific Expeditions to Antarctica [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2013 The article attempts to analyze the disease burden in a healthy, pre-screened population subjected to prolonged residence in the hostile environment of Antarctica.
Abhijeet Bhatia +2 more
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Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2022 Located in areas of difficult access, the riverside population of the upper Amazon River has a great demand for health care, whether in the scope of basic health promotion or in general or specialized medical care, surgical procedures, dental and ...
MARINA FANELLI LUCHIARI MILANI +2 more
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Diseases of the Indigenous Peoples of Yakutia in Photo Projects of the Late XIX ‒ First Third of the XX Centuries [PDF]
Гуманитарный вектор, 2021 Disease theme of indigenous population of the Northern national outskirts of Russia, as well as the study of special knowledge in the field of traditional medicine and healing practices, for a long time belonged to the taboo part of knowledge. However,
Lena B. Stepanova
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FOLK MEDICINE OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XX CENTURY
Вестник Брянского государственного университета, 2022 The article deals with the folk medical knowledge of the Russian North in the second half of the 20th century, which includes several subsystems.The studied issues of folk medical knowledge as a complex of rational and magical practices, as well as the ...
Mazalova N.E.
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Сон в Антарктиде: от проблем с засыпанием до понимания проблем [PDF]
, 2020 From the fi rst expeditions, adaptation to the harsh environment of Antarctica, the expeditionists complained of a trouble sleeping. During a long stay on the continent, the polar explorers are exposed to a large number of extreme environmental factors ...
Бабийчук, Г.А. +4 more
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Health Promotion & Physical Activity, 2020 Visual loss in the wilderness setting is potentially fatal. Firstly it may be a warning sign of a serious systemic problem and secondly the patient may lose their functional independence and ability to respond to objective danger. The issues discussed in
D.S. Morris +3 more
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