title: Overview of ongoing cohort and dietary studies in the Arctic.
abstract: This article gives an overview of the ongoing cohort and dietary studies underlying the assessment of population health in the Arctic. The emphasis here is on a description of the material, methods and results or preliminary results for each study. Detailed exposure information is available in an article in this journal, whereas another paper describes the effects associated with contaminant exposure in the Arctic. The cohort descriptions have been arranged geographically, beginning in Norway and moving east to Finland, Sweden, Russia and the other Arctic countries and ultimately to the Faroe Islands. No cohort studies have been reported for Alaska or Iceland.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Torshavn, Faroe Islands; pal@health.fo.
authors.forename: Pál
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weihe
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bjerregaard
authors.affiliation: Centre for Arctic Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonefeld-Jørgensen
authors.affiliation: Northwest Public Health Research Center, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dudarev
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
authors.forename: Jónrit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Halling
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
authors.forename: Solrunn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: École de Psychologie, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Muckle
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
authors.forename: Therese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nøst
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
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
authors.forename: Maria Skaalum
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: Arja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rautio
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
authors.forename: Anna Sofía
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Veyhe
authors.affiliation: Department of Biobank Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wennberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Biobank Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ingvar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bergdahl
mesh_terms: D001110:Arctic Regions; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
keywords: Arctic; Cohorts; Diet; Faroes; Finland; Norway; Russia; Sweden