Cancer in Greenland 1953–1985
Cancer in Greenland 1953–1985
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1953 年至 1985 年格陵兰岛的癌症
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发表时间:
1991
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通讯作者:
O. M. Jensen
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作者:
A. Prener;N. H. Nielsen;H. Storm;J. P. Hansen;O. M. Jensen
In the circumpolar region, Eskimo (or Inuit) people constitute a single ethnic group of approximately 1 10 000 individuals. The largest population, 45 629 (1 January 1988), inhabits Greenland, while most of the remainder are found in northern Canada (Northwest Territories, Quebec and Newfoundland) and in Alaska (USA). About 1600 Inuit (Yuit) live in the easternmost part of Siberia in the USSR, but lack of data precludes any evaluation of this population group. The circumpolar Inuit are thus distributed over more than seven million km2 in an environment predominantly of arctic permafrost, with an average maximal temperature of 10°C during the short summer periods. The standard of living of the Inuit people in the circumpolar regions of the world has undergone substantial, radical changes during the past 40-50 years. From isolated groups with a traditional life style based primarily on exploitation of animal resources, these people have experienced an accelerated pace of social, economic and political reform since the Second World War. Diseases associated with an increased life span, in particular cancer, have thus become more common. Studies of cancer incidence have been reported from Alaska (Lanier et al. 1980a), Canada, (Hildes & Schaefer 1984) and Greenland (Nielsen 1986), and the pattern of cancer incidence was shown to have changed from the “traditional Inuit” pattern to a more “westernized” pattern in all three regions. This publication provides an updated description of the pattern of cancer in Greenland, with incidence and trends for the period 1953-85. It also reports on comparisons with the cancer pattern in Denmark.
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1983
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute
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作者:
Depue,RH;Pike,MC;Henderson,BE
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Henderson,BE