ABSTRACT
The results of health assessment of the population living and working in the protective actions zone by the evidence obtained during general and special meadical examinations are summarized.
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Chemical Warfare Agents/adverse effects , Conservation of Natural Resources/methods , Environmental Exposure/prevention & control , Environmental Illness/prevention & control , Environmental Monitoring/methods , Occupational Diseases/prevention & control , Adult , Chemical Industry/standards , Environmental Illness/etiology , Female , Humans , Industrial Waste/adverse effects , Male , Occupational Diseases/etiology , Occupational Health , Public Health/methods , Public Health/standards , Risk Assessment , Workplace/standardsABSTRACT
The article shows increasing degree of psychic disorders in workers exposed to highly toxic chemicals. The symptoms develop from mild emotional disturbances in apparently healthy individuals then through premorbid psychotic manifestations to complete psychiatric syndrome of chronic occupational poisoning. The authors necessitate early diagnosis of the chronic occupational poisoning.
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Air Pollutants, Occupational/toxicity , Ethylene Glycols/toxicity , Fuel Oils/toxicity , Hydrazines/toxicity , Hydrocarbons/toxicity , Mental Disorders/chemically induced , Occupational Diseases/chemically induced , Adult , Chronic Disease , Female , Humans , Male , Mental Disorders/diagnosis , Middle Aged , Occupational Diseases/diagnosis , Occupations , Space FlightSubject(s)
Chemical Industry , Ecology , Environmental Pollution , Morbidity , Urban Health , Adult , Age Factors , Child , Disabled Persons , Humans , Infant, Newborn , RussiaABSTRACT
A uniform study analyzed criteria for evaluation of ecologic jeopardy of some territories. Mortality and disablement appeared to be inadequate for that evaluation. The authors suggest specific parameters for cities neighbouring to major chemical enterprises.
