Int J Circumpolar Health 2006; 65(4): 281-376.

EDITORIAL

Arctic Council, an important instrument to improve human health and wellbeing in the Arctic
Hassi J
[editorial]


SPECIAL EDITORIAL

International Polar Year Arctic Human Health Initiative
Parkinson AJ, Orr P, Murphy N
[editorial]


NEWS

News from the International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH)

ICCH13 - The Gateway to Human Health in the International Polar Year - summary of the congress held in Novosibirsk, Russia

New scientific editor of the journal


ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Impact of a mass immunization campaign to control an outbreak of severe respiratory infections in Nunavik, Northern Canada
Ndiaye AA, De Wals P, Proulx J-F, Ouakki M, Jetté L, Déry S
[full text] [abstract]

Bullying among Greenlandic school-children: development since 1994 and relations to health and health behaviour
Schnohr C , Volmer-Larsen Niclasen B
[full text] [abstract]

HIV/AIDS: testing and risk behaviors among British Columbia’s rural Aboriginal population
Wardman D, Quantz D, Clement K
[full text] [abstract]

Obesity, adiposity, physical fitness and activity levels in Cree children
Ng C, Marshall D, Willows ND
[full text] [abstract]

Traditional and market food access in Arctic Canada is affected by economic factors
Lambden J, Receveur O, Marshall J, Kuhnlein HV
[full text] [abstract]

Unchanged asthma prevalence during 1990-1999 in rural Alaska Natives
Martinez P, Weiss BD
[full text] [abstract]

The role played by a former federal government residential school in a First Nation community’s alcohol abuse and impaired driving: results of a talking circle
Rothe JP, Makokis P, Steinhauer L, Aguiar W, Makokis L, Brertton G
[full text] [abstract]

Changes in reindeer herding work and their effect on occupational accidents
Pekkarinen A
[full text] [abstract]


J.A. HILDES AWARD

Environmental Medicine in an Arctic Perspective: “The Arctic Dilemma” Revisited
Hansen JC
[text]


CIRCUMPOLAR DISSERTATION

Human cold exposure, adaptation and performance in a northern climate
Mäkinen T
[abstract]


BOOK REVIEWS

A Century of Adventure in Northern Health
Fortuine R
[review]


INDIGENOUS HEALTH INFO


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Kastelli Symposium 2006


International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2006; 65(4): 281-376.