Gigiena i sanitariia
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2002
[Evaluation of the physical fitness of general educational school pupils].
The paper deals with teenagers' physical fitness for military service. The results of 6-year (from 6th to 11th forms) monitoring of the physical development and physical fitness of 850 teenagers, the pupils of Ufa general educational schools are presented. ⋯ The lowest indices of physical fitness were recorded when the teenagers performed tests for training special qualities and for developing overall physical endurance. This fact shows it necessary to resume defense-sports pre-conscription preparation of teenagers.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2002
[Evaluation of ambient air pollution on children's morbidity with acute respiratory infections of the upper airway].
A relationship of ambient air pollution in the towns of Almetyevsk and Kazan to acute respiratory infection of the upper airways (ARIUA) in children was examined. Higher atmospheric pollution was found to cause an increase in the incidence of ARIUA. ⋯ There was a significant combined effect of sulfur dioxide and carbon oxide (9.9%, p < 0.01), that of sulfur dioxide and dust (8.1%, p < 0.001). The findings serve as the basis for elaboration of measures to reduce environmental pollution.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2002
[Influence of environmental factors on human health status in Kazan].
The authors studied the impact of ambient air pollution with hazardous substances on preschoolchildren's heath status and physical development in Kazan. The health status and physical development were ascertained to be determined by environmental pollution with harmful impurities, as confirmed by a great difference in the findings in control and polluted areas. The findings may be used to develop measures for lowering environmental pollution and for protecting children's health.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2002
[Relationship of the ambient air concentrations of chemical substances to the spread of allergic diseases in children].
The role of some ingredients that contaminate the ambient air in the occurrence and development of allergic diseases was studied. The closest relationships were found between the concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and the prevalence of eczema (rxy +/- m = 0.48 +/- 0.15). ⋯ The correlation between the summarized concentrations of ingredients and the incidence of bronchial asthma among children was rxy +/- m = 0.71 +/- 0.19. The findings serves as the basis for elaborating measures to reduce ecological tension and the incidence of allergic diseases in children.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2002
[Health status of preschool-children in areas with different man-made loads].
A questionnaire survey was made to study the opinion of residents in the area of the Yamashev-Dekabristy main road, the joint stock company Tasma-Holding, the commercial joint stock Orgsintez on their health status and on the source of ambient air pollution and the opinion of those living in Gorki-I, an ecologically pure area. The respondents were asked to answer the questions on the unfavourable impact of environmental factors on human health (respondents' painful sensations). ⋯ The results of the questionnaire survey suggest that environmental pollution exerts an adverse effect on human health particularly in the areas where industrial enterprises and large main roads are located. The findings serve as the basis for introduction of ecological tension-reducing measures.