Overview of human health in the Arctic: conclusions and recommendations

Abstract

This article is intended to provide an overview of the key conclusions, knowledge gaps and key recommendations based on the recent 2015 Arctic human health assessment under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program. This assessment was based primarily on data from human health monitoring and research studies and peer-reviewed literature published since the last assessment in 2009.

Keywords

• AMAP
• Arctic
• human health
• biomonitoring
• contaminants
• risk
• environmental change