Cancer among circumpolar populations: an emerging public health concern

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Young, T. Kue
  • Kelly, Janet J.
  • Friborg, Jeppe
  • Soininen, Leena
  • Wong, Kai O.

• "To determine and compare the incidence of cancer among the 8 Arctic States and their northern regions, with special focus on 3 cross-national indigenous groups – Inuit, Athabaskan Indians and Sami. Data were extracted from national and regional statistical agencies and cancer registries, with direct age-standardization of rates to the world standard population. For comparison, the “world average” rates as reported in the GLOBOCAN database were used." (as cited in abstract)

• Date created

  2016-01-12

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Circumpolar medicine
  • arctic peoples
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Cancer--Research
  • Cancer--Prevention
  • Cancer--Epidemiology
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Russia
  • United States

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-gczw-eh86

• License

  Attribution 4.0 International