Health and fitness: a comparative study of Canadian Inuit and Siberian Avenki
Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: health, risk assessment, physical activity, Inuit, international analogy
| Principal Investigator: | Rode, Andris (4) |
| Licence Number: | 12353 |
| Organization: | Department of Physical Education, University of Toronto |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1993
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1993 |
| Project Team: | Dr. P. Vloshinsky (Institute of Biochemistry, Novosibirsk) |
Project Description: The 1993 activities in Igloolik will be to establish a cardiovascular risk profile for local Inuit by means of taking blood samples and constructing the blood-lipid profiles. These activities are part of an ongoing investigation of health and fitness levels in northern indigenous peoples. Dr. Rode is working with Dr. Pavel Vloshinsky of the Institute of Biochemistry in Novosibirsk: Dr. Vloshinsky is conducting a similar study in the Soviet Arctic.
