Three lifestyle-related issues of major significance for public health among the Inuit in contemporary Greenland: a review of adverse childhood conditions, obesity, and smoking in a period of social transition
Abstract Greenland is a country in transition from a colonial past with subsistence hunting and fishing to an urban Nordic welfare state. Epidemiological transition from infectious to chronic diseases has been evident since the 1950s. Ninety percent of the population is Inuit. We studied three publi...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-04-01
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| Series: | Public Health Reviews |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40985-018-0085-8 |