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[Polar medical research from the viewpoint of public health]. 1989

G Schrader

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.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009784	Occupational Diseases	Diseases caused by factors involved in one's employment.	Diseases, Occupational,Occupational Illnesses,Disease, Occupational,Illnesse, Occupational,Illnesses, Occupational,Occupational Disease,Occupational Illnesse
D003081	Cold Climate	A climate characterized by COLD TEMPERATURE for a majority of the time during the year.	Polar Regions,Climate, Cold,Climates, Cold,Cold Climates,Polar Region,Region, Polar,Regions, Polar
D005101	Expeditions	Usually refers to planned scientific data-gathering excursions.	Expedition
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000864	Antarctic Regions	The continent lying around the South Pole and the southern waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. It includes the Falkland Islands Dependencies. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p55)	Antarctic Region,Southern Pacific Ocean,Antarctic,Antarctica
D012307	Risk Factors	An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.	Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor