摘要:Ruth A. Etzel is a pediatrician and medical epidemiologist. A native ofMenomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA, she graduated summa cum laudefrom the University of Minnesota Honors College in 1976 and from theUniversity of Wisconsin Medical School in 1980. She completed residencytraining in Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine and received herPh.D. in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at ChapelHill. She completed the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Programthere in 1985.International Journal of Circumpolar Health 65:4 2006