Indicators of food and water security in an Arctic Health context - Results from an international workshop discussion

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nilsson, Lena Maria ^a   Berner, James ^b   Dudarev, Alexey A ^c   Mulvad, Gert ^d   Odland, Jon Øyvind ^e   Parkinson, Alan ^f   Rautio, Arja ^g   Tikhonov, Constantine ^h   Evengård, Birgitta ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c NORTH WEST PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENLAND   (Greenland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^h HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic people; Climate change; Food security; Indicators; Public health; Water security

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER SUPPLY;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84881271586     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21530     Document Type: Review

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