[Polar medical research from the viewpoint of public health].
The increasing interest in polar researches is the reason for numerous foundations of antarctic stations during the last years. In 1987 the German Democratic Republic founded a research station on the 6th continent, working all the years round. The medical polar research, hitherto done only sporadically has got a greater importance now and a working group "Polar Medicine" was established in 1989. Special hygienic problems in Antarctica and future research are discussed.
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D000864:Antarctic Regions; D003081:Cold Climate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005101:Expeditions; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors
Polarmedizinische Forschung aus der Sicht der Hygiene.