The capital of Greenland is Nuuk (Godthåb). Quick Facts Flag of Greenland Also Known As: Kalaallit Nunaat Grønland Heads Of Government: High Commissioner (for Denmark): Mikaela Engell; Prime Minister (for Greenland): Múte Bourup Egede (Show more) Capital: Nuuk Population: (...
Almost simultaneously with the arrival of the Thule people, the Norse came from Iceland and settled in lush South Greenland. Throughout their 500 years in Greenland, they build farms from the southern tip of Greenland and up to the Nuuk fjord. In 1721, pastor Hans Egede came to Greenla...
Changes since 1980 in body mass index and the prevalence of overweight among inschooling children in Nuuk, Greenland OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to examine the trends which have occurred during the past generation in body mass index (BMI) and in the prevalence of ... C Schnohr,...
Possible risk factors for abnormal Papanicolaou smear were investigated in a population-based cross-sectional study. From Nuuk (Greenland) and Nykebing Falster (Denmark), random samples of 800 wome...doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00016349009021044Susanne K. Kjær...
From Nuuk (Greenland) and Nykebing Falster (Denmark), random samples of 800 women aged 20–39 years were drawn. Totals of 586 and 661 women were included in Greenland and Denmark, respectively. All women went through a personal interview, and had a gynecologic examination including a PAP ...
Out of three study locations (Nuuk, Qaanaaq, and Qasigiannguit) in Greenland, this subgroup included participants from Qaanaaq and Qasigiannguit in north-western and western Greenland, respectively. Participants were 18–80 years old and had a BMI ≥ 18.5 kg/m2. Participants were excluded if...
Department of Health and Nature, University of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland Morten Meldgaard The Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark Morten Johansen & Otto Christian Uldum Archaeology Institute, University of Highlands and Islands, Orkney, UK Nick Card Scientific Research Center “Baikal region”, Irk...
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources in Nuuk, Greenland, were able to study and track the bears using helicopters as the researchers flew over sea ice, estimating that there are a few hundred bears living in the remote area. This is similar to other small populations of polar bears ...
Department of Anthropology, Czech National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic Miluše Dobisíková Department of Health and Nature, University of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland Morten Meldgaard The Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark Morten Johansen & Otto Christian Uldum ...
The Greenland Inuit are a large indigenous population constituting a majority in their own country, which makes it possible to investigate differences within the population. This led us to study gambling behavior and problem gambling among Greenland Inuit in relation to the ongoing social transition ...