Gigiena i sanitariia
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jan 2004
[Evaluation of the impact of emissions from the oil-refining plants on human health].
The entry of complexes of organic compounds, the components of the emissions from petrochemical and oil-refining plants into the environment leads to its quality and can have an adverse impact on the health status of the population in the area adjacent to the petrochemical plant. This paper deals with the formation of an evidence base for evaluating the etiopathogenetic role of the chemical components of emissions from a petrochemical plant in the development of diseases in the population under environmental conditions. ⋯ The estimation of the level and time course of changes in toxicants in the blood of children identified health indicators to optimize monitoring and to evaluate the efficiency of environment-protective and therapeutic-and-prophylactic programs. The findings suggest that the elevated level of some organic compounds that exert a polytropic toxic effect on the vital organs and systems is a risk factor for diseases and requires a systemic monitoring.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jan 2004
[The health status of children under poor ecological and social conditions].
In the Republic of Altai, the past decades are marked by poor trends in the children's health status: lower birth rates, a rise in general and infantile mortality and morbidity and worse physical development. The districts and areas that differ in environmental and social characteristics have been identified. Their comparison has determined the influence of environmental and social factors on the health status of children. ⋯ A combination of environmental and social factors exerts the greatest impact on the basic health indices. In the area exposed to a combination of negative effects of these factors where natives predominantly live, there are negative changes in the children's health status. The leading social factors are maternal working conditions, familial financial position, a child's dietary habits, and living conditions.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jan 2004
[Evaluation of the influence of chemical factors of petroleum organic synthesis enterprises on the health status of their workers].
Recent studies conducted by a number of authors have given a good idea of the toxic effects of petroleum and its products on man. The combined effects of chemical and physical factors are known to potentiate their toxic effects and to cause an increase in morbidity among the workers of oil-refining plants. ⋯ The results of the study suggest that in the workers, the elevated blood level of organic compounds exerting a polytropic toxic effect on the vital organs and systems is a risk factor for diseases and requires a systemic monitoring. Thus, program-specific planning of therapeutic and prophylactic measures implemented at an oil-producing plant should be accomplished by taking into account the optimum complex of diagnostic studies to evaluate the workers' health status.