Pages 367-371 in G. Pétursdóttir et al., eds. Circumpolar Health 93. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Reykjavík, Iceland, June 20-25, 1993. Arctic Medical Research. 1994;53(Suppl.2)
Environmental Health Service, Québec Centre for Public Health, Québec, Canada
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Pages 367-371 in G. Pétursdóttir et al., eds. Circumpolar Health 93. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Reykjavík, Iceland, June 20-25, 1993. Arctic Medical Research. 1994;53(Suppl.2)
This communication describes work done to date by the Environmental Health Service on the development of multidisciplinary research regarding the health status and problems of the Inuit in relation to the contamination of the Eastern Canadian Arctic food chain. The concepts of total environmental and global health are outlined in order to introduce a discussion on the social impacts of contaminants. This input is presented as the basis of the development of an ecosystems health perspective on contaminants research which emphasizes the integration of the medical, social, economic, and political dimensions of the contamination of the Eastern Canadian Arctic.