Gigiena i sanitariia
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Jul 2001
[Medical and demographic assessment of human health under conditions of radiation and toxic exposures].
Medical and demographic assessments of the impact of a complex of man-made and radiation exposures on the population of the Altai territory revealed that the use of retrospective diagnosis of radiation exposures of Semipalatinsk ground testing and the account of additional exposures to combined effects of dioxines, heavy metals, rocket fluel components (heptyl, etc.), which are observed in specially identified former administrative areas of this territory in causing specific changes in the health status of neonates, pregnant females, and able bodied individuals are of priority in sociosanitary monitoring of sanitary and epidemiological service.
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The authors have constructed models including that of dose-effect of the content of decay products, that of the volumetric activity of radon in the apartments, and that of biological human responses. They have found specific features of female reproduction dysfunction, perinatal, general, and cancer morbidity and mortality. The maximum ineffective radon concentration upon chronic exposure has been established by using dosage simulation of the frequency of genetic disorders (small malformations).
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Gigiena i sanitariia · May 2001
Comparative Study[Hygienic environmental characteristics and population health in areas of production of heavy oils and natural bitumen].
The paper deals with the impact of production of heavy oil and natural bitumens on the environment and human health. It provides a sanitary characteristics of the degree of ambient air pollution, the quality of reservoir and drinking water and soil in the areas of production of heavy oil and natural bitumens. Human health was studied in all age groups by medical and demographic indices and diseases. ⋯ The greatest soil pollution was observed in the areas of bitumen production by intraseam burning and vapour-heat exposure. There was a relationship of respiratory disorders to sulphur dioxide (r = 0.5-0.73) and hydrogen sulfide (r = 0.6-0.82), of blood and blood-forming organ diseases to nitrogen oxide (r = 0.58-0.79), and of nervous and sensory diseases to sulphur dioxide (r = 0.73-0.82). The study provided sanitary recommendations for environmental sanitation and health promotion in the areas of production of heavy oil and natural bitumens.