Gigiena i sanitariia
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Sep 2008
Comparative Study[The health status of 15-18-year-old schoolchildren in Moscow].
Analysis of the health status of about 3 thousand 15-year-old schoolchildren from the Central Administrative District of Moscow, made during annual prophylactic medical examinations during 1994 to 2003, revealed a clear tendency for diminished functional capacities in schoolchildren. There was a less than 30% reduction in the number of apparently healthy adolescents with a rise in the proportion of persons with dysfunctions of the locomotor apparatus (LMA) (24.7%), organ of vision (OV) (21.9%), and gastrointestinal tract (19.2%). ⋯ A functional relationship was assumed to be between OV and LMA, which was due to the visual motor functional system. In-depth studies are required to elucidate reasons for the revealed tendencies.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2008
Review[Influence of chemical soil pollution on the population's health].
The author integrates information on the hygienic value of man-made chemical soil pollution on the population's health. He presents the results of studies of the pollution of soil and its contacting media (the sources of drinking water supply, ambient air, and crop production) with priority chemicals (heavy metals, pesticides, nitrates, nitrocompounds). The newborns and children under 14 years of age may run the greatest danger of being exposed to toxicants since all the protective systems of their organism are imperfect and are being formed.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2008
Review[Organization of monitoring of electromagnetic radiation in the urban environment].
The authors describe new current approaches to monitoring the environment, including the sources of electromagnetic radiation and noise. Electronic maps of the area under study are shown to be made, by constructing the isolines or distributing the actual levels of controlled factors. These current approaches to electromagnetic and acoustic monitoring make it possible to automate a process of measurements, to analyze the established situation, and to simplify the risk controlling methodology.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2008
Review[Environmental and medical consequences of mineral oil pollution of the geological medium].
The Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District (KMAD) is situated in the central part of Western Siberia and referred as to the discomfortably extreme areas equated to the Far North. The district occupies a prominent place in Russia's economy in oil and gas production and energy generation. More than 30 years' development of hydrocarbon deposits in the district has done great damage to the environment and nature. ⋯ The self-recovery and self-purification of landscapes occur very slowly in the North. The studies have established that steady raising of the production of oil and petroleum products in the KMAD results in a steady morbidity increase in all population groups. It is necessary to take timely preventive measures and better informed managerial decisions at the local and regional levels to keep unique north nature and the population's health in the North upon increasing man's exposure.