The health of arctic populations: Does cold matter

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-133

  Young, T Kue ^a   Mäkinen, Tiina M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; COLD; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR;

ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75349112557     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20968     Document Type: Article

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