Gigiena i sanitariia
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Gigiena i sanitariia · May 2000
Comparative Study[Viral pollution of drinking water in industrial towns of Eastern Siberia].
The drinking water was tested for viruses in the industrial towns of Eastern Siberia. The findings suggest that extremely poor provision with good quality drinking water is seen in the town of Ust-Ilimsk where there were high levels of pathogenic viruses in the water. The high contamination of drinking water with hepatitis A virus and rotavirus is a cause of higher incidence of intestinal viral infections in the areas under study.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Mar 2000
[Clinical testing of hygienic criteria for assessing working conditions].
Occupational morbidity in railway transport is discussed. The rates of occupational morbidity are compared with that due to temporary working incapacity. There were no direct correlations between the incidence of major nosological entities of occupational diseases, the magnitude and rate of influence of industrial factors, which provides evidence for their further testing and correction.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Mar 2000
[Planning and implementation of protective measures in emergencies during railway transportation of radioactive cargo].
Protective measures in emergencies during railway transportation of radioactive cargoes must be planned in advance, by obligatorily taking into account many factors that influence the scope, nature, specific features and consequences of radiation transport accidents. Of great importance are radiation monitoring, protective regimens, and requirements for decontamination of various objects in liquidating the consequences of a radiation transport accident.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Mar 2000
Comparative Study[State of occupationally significant visual function in locomotive team personnel working in radioactive pollution areas].
Long exposure to small radio activity doses have no impact on the acuity of photopic and mesopic vision, on the resistance of eyes to glare, and on the rapidity of color differentiation, which remain to be at the high level that meets medical requirements for the professional abilities of locomotive workers.
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Gigiena i sanitariia · Mar 2000
[Present-day problems in organization of medical aid in railway wrecks].
The paper deals with the results and efficiency of organizing emergency medical aid to victims in railway accidents, crashes, and other emergencies in the past years. It presents the data of researches, which characterizes the specific features of railway injury, which should be taken into account in planning and organizing a medical aid to suffered passengers and railway workers. The authors have developed and proposed guidelines for improving health care to emergency victims by railway therapeutical and prophylactic and sanitary facilities.