Gigiena i sanitariia
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Nov 1998
Comparative Study[Hygienic characteristics of the influence of anthropogenic and natural geochemical factors on the population health in the South Ural].
The natural and technogenic factors of the industrial towns and rural localities in the Orenburg Region were differentially analyzed. The modifying effects of xenobiotics and their complex action on man are considered. The study showed the high pollution of the atmosphere, the blanket of snow, soil, the trace composition imbalance of drinking water, foodstuffs, a reduction in biogenic elements and an increase in toxic elements in the children's substrates (blood, hair) and high morbidity among the children suggest the presence of the formed technogenic biogeochemical province in the Eastern zone and, those in terms of some xenobiotics, in the Central area of the Orenburg Region.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Nov 1998
Comparative Study[Biochemical parameters of children residing in an area of high-level technogenic load].
Pollution of the ambient air and drinking water in two comparable regions was investigated. Twenty four metals and traces were found in the children's hair. ⋯ Decreased concentrations of ascorbic acid were detected in the urine of the same children. It is recommended to develop prophylactic measures to protect children's health.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Sep 1998
Comparative Study[Morbidity as a criterion for the evaluation of the impact of motor transport on the health of Moscow's population].
The paper presents data on motor transport pollution of the ambient air. From 1986 to 1996, the number of cars increased from 600,000 to 2,000,000, in Moscow the pollution index rose from 1.0 to 9.0. Motor transport is a source of noise and its proportion in the total noise is as high as 80%. ⋯ In the past 6 years, the total morbidity in infants of the first year of life has increased by 40%; the incidence of diseases of the nervous system, sense organs, and blood has shown a 1.5-fold increase, that of congenital malformations has twice grown. Poorer health in infants under 1 year is associated with the health in infants under 1 year is associated with the health of their mothers exposed to motor transport discharges. The findings strongly suggest that motor transport has an adverse effect on the population of Moscow and support that health of different populations is a criterion of sanitary and epidemiological well-being.