Gigiena i sanitariia
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Nonspecific resistance and the incidence of allergic diseases were studied in children living in areas with varying ambient air pollution, whose parents were exposed before conception to deleterious occupational factors at chemical and petrochemical enterprises. Nonspecific resistance was found to reduce drastically in children of female workers of chemical and petrochemical enterprises. In the children of female workers of the above enterprises, the incidence of allergic diseases was significantly higher (p < 0.01) than that in the control group. The findings suggest that environmental factors (ambient air pollution, occupational harms in parents) exert a substantial influence on a rise in the incidence of allergic diseases in children.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2003
[The assessment of premature death rates in Byelarus due to environmental air pollution].
The attributive death rates due to ambient air pollution were estimated in the urban areas of Byelarus. Estimation used the data of daily atmospheric contamination monitoring made by the Main Hydrometereology Committee of Byelarus in 15 towns from 1990 to 1999. ⋯ In Byelarus, about 7.5 thousand premature deaths or 6% of the total annual death rates may be induced by atmospheric pollution. Possible factors that influence the accuracy of estimates are discussed in the paper.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2003
[The impact of environmental air pollution and incidence of acute respiratory viral infections].
The paper characterizes diffuse ambient air pollution (P index) in accordance with the data of Kazan stationary stations in 1996-2000. The incidence of childhood respiratory diseases is studied for the same period. ⋯ There is a direct significance correlation between Kazan's ambient air pollution and morbidity rates in children aged 0-14 years, which is as follows rxy +/- m = 0.626 +/- 0.104. The regression coefficient has been established, which is Ry/x = 0.183 when the atmospheric contamination is changed by one unit.