ABSTRACT
The article contains the results of research in the productive function of women in the Ararat region of Armenia. The research technique was based on a questionnaire which included 81 items. The abnormal pregnancy rate in the areas of extensive use of chemical weed-killers and pest-killers reached 31.1% as compared with 22.0% in the areas of a moderate application of insecticides and pesticides. It was established that the percentage of abnormal pregnancies increased with consecutive pregnancies' growth. A comparison was made between 1-5 and 10th pregnancy terminations, in the result of which it was established that: consecutive pregnancies growth correlated with live-births' decrease, which apparently was a consequence of a greater number of therapeutic abortions, whereas the perinatal infant death rate also decreased, high infant death rate before and after the first year of life was revealed in first pregnancies and diminished in consecutive pregnancies, spontaneous and early abortions rates were stable irrespective of the number of consecutive pregnancies.
Subject(s)
Environmental Exposure/adverse effects , Pesticides/adverse effects , Reproduction/drug effects , Adolescent , Adult , Armenia/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Infant Mortality , Infant, Newborn , Middle Aged , Parity/drug effects , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Outcome/epidemiology , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The reproductive function of women was analysed using interviews in zones with different levels of pesticides application. Increase in frequency of abnormal pregnancies in the zone of high level of pesticides application is shown. The main part of cases with hereditary pathology constituted the children with mental retardation. On the basis of surnames differentiation analysis, the relative homogeneity of structures of populations studied was demonstrated. The cytogenetic analysis only revealed small increase in SCE levels and no changes in the levels of aberrations of chromosomes in cultures of lymphocytes of rural workers contacting pesticides.
Subject(s)
Genetics, Population , Pesticide Residues/adverse effects , Pregnancy Outcome/genetics , Rural Health/statistics & numerical data , Armenia , Chromosome Aberrations/genetics , Female , Humans , Intellectual Disability/genetics , Pregnancy , Sister Chromatid Exchange/drug effectsABSTRACT
The impact of environmental factors on community health status is analyzed. Methodological approaches to the assessment of causal and effective relationships of anthropotechnogenic changes in environment and community health are proposed. The necessity of the development of the integral concept of social and ecological causes of human diseases is underlined.