• A Call for Urgent Monitoring of Food and Water Security Based on Relevant Indicators for the Arctic 

      Nilsson, Lena Maria; Destouni, Georgia; Berner, James; Dudarev, Alexy A.; Mulvad, Gert; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Parkinson, Alan; Tikhonov, Constantine; Rautio, Arja; Evengård, Birgitta (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      This perspective paper argues for an urgent need to monitor a set of 12 concrete, measurable indicators of food and water security in the Arctic over time. Such a quantitative indicator approach may be viewed as representing a reductionist rather than a holistic perspective, but is nevertheless necessary for actually knowing what reality aspects to monitor in order to accurately understand, quantify, ...
    • Cancer mortality in the indigenous population of coastal Chukotka, 1961–1990 

      Dudarev, Alexy A.; Chupakhin, Valery; Odland, Jon Øyvind (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Objectives. The general aim was to assess the pattern and trend in cancer mortality among the indigenous people of coastal Chukotka during the period 1961 1990. Methods. All cases of cancer deaths of indigenous residents of the Chukotsky district in the northeasternmost coast of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug were copied from personal death certificates. There were a total of 219 cancer deaths during ...
    • Occupational diseases in Murmansk Oblast: 1980–2010 

      Dudarev, Alexy A.; Talykova, LV; Odland, Jon Øyvind (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Background. Official statistics tend to underestimate the incidence of occupational disease (OD) nationally and regionally in Russia. Objectives. The general aim was to obtain an accurate estimate of ODs in Murmansk Oblast in 1980 2010 and to determine the rate of specific types of ODs among cohorts of workers who had been exposed to the hazardous factors causing the disease. Materials and ...
    • Occupational health and health care in Russia and Russian Arctic: 1980–2010 

      Dudarev, Alexy A.; Odland, Jon Øyvind (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Background. There is a paradox in Russia and its Arctic regions which reports extremely low rates of occupational diseases (ODs), far below those of other socially and economically advanced circumpolar countries. Yet, there is widespread disregard for occupational health regulations and neglect of basic occupational health services across many industrial enterprises. Study design and methods. ...