Abstract
Significance. Studies on the Russian north territories describe them as zones of discomfort owing to natural and climatic conditions that increasingly stress out the human body functional systems. In addition, the quality of life in such regions is also influenced by socio-economic, environmental, ethnic and biomedical factors. An important priority of the state is to develop a scientifically grounded comprehensive approach to zoning the North and Arctic territories to realize activities aimed at implementing the health-saving strategy in the North regions. The purpose of the study was to analyze scientific literature to systematize principles and approaches to zoning the North and Arctic regions based on biomedical indicators, and identify informative criteria for assessing the degree of tension experienced by physiological systems with a subsequent development of functional health indices. Material and Methods. Scientific publications (n = 32) were searched for in eLibrary and PubMed database and then selected given they are open-access and meet the inclusion criteria (compliance with the research topic, full-text is available, free access). The selected works are presented by Meta-Analysis (4 in total); Review (17 in total), Systematic Review (11 in total). All papers were published between April 1st, 2001 – May 1st, 2022. Results. The study presents approaches to zoning the North and Arctic territories of the Russian Federation based on natural-geographical, medical-biological and socio-economic principles. Conclusion. Scientific postulates of the developed analytical review will serve basis for the author’s approach to the medical and biological grounds for zoning the North and Arctic territories using informative indices to evaluate functional reserves of the human body.
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