Gigiena i sanitariia
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Sep 2009
[The structure of environmental risk factors to the population's health in the Kolsky North].
The paper considers the problem in the comparative assessment of a carcinogenic risk and harm from ionizing irradiation and some chemical ambient air pollutants (formaldehyde, suspended matter) to the population's health in the Kolsky peninsula. The findings suggest that a chemical risk factor has a much greater impact on human health than a radiation risk factor, which should be taken into account while developing a nature-conservation policy in the region.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Sep 2009
Comparative Study[Evaluation of the influence of physical environmental factors on morbidity among armed forces personnel].
Under the conditions of hot and mountain-continental climate, the morbidity rates were estimated to be significantly lower than those in young men who had not been acclimatized or adapted to living conditions and in non-acclimatized men. A role of individual physical environmental factors (temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, average and maximum air speed) and integral exposure by the wind chill index (a combined impact of an air speed and ambient temperature) as risk factors to human health was defined. The mountain-continental climate showed a relationship of the influence of these factors to habitation at different altitudes.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Sep 2009
[Physical factors of the urban dwelling environment: ecological and hygienic aspects].
The paper describes the ecological and hygienic significance of the physical factors of the urban dwelling environment: the macroclimate of a residential area, the microclimate within the residential and public buildings, the ionic ozone regimen of premises, an electromagnetic load on the population, the problems associated with noise and light exposure. It also gives an integrated assessment of the current air-conditioning systems, household electric appliances, and building engineering systems. A system of measures is proposed to optimize the quality of the urban dwelling environment.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Sep 2009
[Physical factors of the industrial environment and traffic safety].
The paper deals with the problem of optimization of working conditions of engine drivers in the control cabs of up-to-date locomotives, by toughening the sanitary-and-hygienic requirements for the levels of bad industrial factors. The authors associate the optimization of working conditions with the necessity of strengthening the reliability of their driving activity due to the increasing rail movement speeds and the transfer to one-person rolling-stock operation, and other factors.