title: Overview of human health in the Arctic: conclusions and recommendations.
abstract: This article is intended to provide an overview of the key conclusions, knowledge gaps and key recommendations based on the recent 2015 Arctic human health assessment under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program. This assessment was based primarily on data from human health monitoring and research studies and peer-reviewed literature published since the last assessment in 2009.
authors.affiliation: Population Biomonitoring Section, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Shawn.Donaldson@hc-sc.gc.ca.
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.affiliation: Population Biomonitoring Section, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Adlard
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
authors.forename: Jon Øyvind
authors.initials: JØ
authors.lastname: Odland
mesh_terms: D001110:Arctic Regions; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011634:Public Health; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: AMAP; Arctic; biomonitoring; contaminants; environmental change; human health; risk