[Problems in maintaining and improving health status in small ethnic groups of the North].
The paper provides the materials of studies of the health status, living conditions, and environment of small peoples of the North. The conditions of the North are shown to have a negative impact on the health status of the population. There is a high incidence of tuberculosis among the peoples. The health care system in the North should be organized in terms of a comprehensive assessment of the health status of various populations of small peoples, the prevalence and clinical features of pathological processes and ecological and economical factors.
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D001110:Arctic Regions; D003081:Cold Climate; D004463:Ecology; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005006:Ethnicity; D006293:Health Promotion; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D012800:Siberia; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors