Gigiena i sanitariia
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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.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2002
[Hygienic assessment of the environment of a territorial industrial complex].
Hygienic assessment of the time course of changes in environmental pollution has determined Novokuibyshevsk, Samara Region, as an ecologically poor area. Its findings are a primary basis for: 1) systemic stepwise study of an environment-health relationship; 2) elucidation of priority and early undetermined risk factors; 3) development of current measures for environmental sanitation and human health promotion in the specifically studied area; 4) definition of new tasks in the field of hygienic studies.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2002
[Working conditions and morbidity among workers engaged in the production of vegetable oil].
A hygienic model for controlling some indices of their health is scientifically substantiated on the basis of the data of sanitary evaluation of working conditions and those of study of morbidity with temporary disability in workers engaged at the vegetable oil-producing enterprises. The practical use of a package of preventive and health-promoting measures caused a 7.2-30.8% reduction in the incidence of diseases with temporary disability in the workers.