ABSTRACT
On the basis of the conducted research, prevalence of tobacco smoking and its intensity are described as well as dependence on gender and age in an urban population of the middle Volga region (on the example of the city of Samara). It is proved, that in a general selection among men and women smoke: 49,37 and 14,17%; smoked before: 22,80 and 8,86%; never smoked: 27,83 and 76,97% of inspected men and women, accordingly. The contribution of the education level and marriage status are set in epidemiology of tobacco smoking dependence. Authors consider the development of public and medical measures in a fight against tobacco smoking should be realized, taking into account the gender, age, social and mental features of population, which is a difficult, but necessary process.
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Smoking/epidemiology , Adult , Age Factors , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Risk Factors , Russia/epidemiology , Sex Factors , Urban Population , Young AdultABSTRACT
Experiments on rats were made to examine the effect of vitamin B1, pantothenic and ascorbic acids on the acetylation system and some characteristics of protein metabolism under chronic exposure to phenol. Inhibition of phenol vapours led to inhibition of the acetylation on the 105th day of the experiment, to accumulation of pyruvic acid by the blood and diurnal urine, to elevation of cholesterol content in the blood serum. The total content of protein and protein fractions in the blood serum remained unchanged. Additional vitaminization of the animals with thiamine (150 micrograms), calcium pantothenate (650 micrograms) or with their mixture containing ascorbic acid (2 mg) resulted in normalization of the test characteristics of carbohydrate and fat metabolism. The data obtained and the clinical trials carried out by the authors suggest introduction of the physiological doses of thiamine, calcium pantothenate and ascorbic acid into the diet of the workers in order to prevent phenol poisonings more effectively.
