Upcoming events

SCAR XXXI & Open Science Conference
July 30.– August 11.2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina
More information at www.dna.gov.ar/scar2010/index.htm

Nunamed 2010 - Health, health care and health research in Greenland

September 4.–6.2010, Nuuk, Greenland

More information (in Danish) at www.nunamed.org

The 7th International Kastelli Symposium
November 18.-19.2010, Oulu, Finland
More information at http://arctichealth.oulu.fi/kastelli

 

 

Press releases

 

03.05.2010
Asthma rates in Inuit below national average

From the article entitled "The relationship between socio-economic and geographic factors and asthma among Canada’s Aboriginal populations"
by Crighton EJ, Wilson K, Senécal S

 

19.04.2010
Patterns of growth changing in Inuit preschoolers: survey

From the article entitled "Emerging obesity among preschool-aged Canadian Inuit children: results from the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey"
by Galloway T, Young TK, Egeland GM