Pages 393-396 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)
Department of Geography, University of Trondheim, Norway
Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England
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Pages 393-396 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)
Norway has the highest incidence of malignant melanoma in Europe in spite of the general trend of an increase towards the equator. This anomaly may be due to a combination of genetic and behavioral characteristics. Within the country, however, there is a decrease towards the north. No impact of ozone depletion on disease incidence has so far been observed. A future risk zone may be in environments far enough to the north for ozone depletion to be significant, yet warm enough for body exposure during leisure.