Meeting on Antarctic Medical Research in 2004

Abstract

A meeting on Antarctic Medical Research was held at NIPR on August 28, 2004. Twenty two members participated in the meeting with ten oral presentations, one poster presentation and one report paper. The main subjects were The human responses in the Antarctic highland", The influence of the cold stress on the amino acids and lipid metabolism", Legionella contamination at the Antarctic wintering stations". The JARE-46 medical research program" was also reported and discussed.