[Medicoecological studies in the assessment of biogeochemical province in the area of a toxic waste ground].

The paper presents the results of complex sanitary-and-epidemiological, toxicological-and-hygienic, and medical diagnostic studies of health and the environment, by taking into account the activity of a toxic industrial waste ground. Toxic waste burning on primitive unfiltered apparatuses was shown to lead to the formation of a biogeochemical province that is characterized by pollution of soil, bottom sediment, subsoil well water and snow with heavy metals, the components of toxic waste. Burning of waste and its storage in the open trenches resulted in ambient air pollution with organic solvents, nitric oxide and sulfur oxide had a negative impact on the health of children living at a distance of 3 km from the ground.

[Epidemiologic approaches to diagnosis of diseases dependent on ecologic factors]. / Epidemiologicheskie podkhody k diagnostike ékologozavisimykh boleznei.

The article deals with peculiarities in diagnosis of diseases caused by environmental hazards. The diagnosis covers population level and includes evaluation of environmental quality. Analysis of health for whole population and for risk groups enables to reveal "indicator" diseases. Social and hygienic monitoring, complex sanitary and ecologic examination recommend disclosure of facts and causes for any "nonspecific" diseases, definition of disorders caused by specific environmental hazards. The authors consider unity of hygienic and epidemiologic analysis for causative relationships in "human-environment" system in evaluation of noninfectious risk factors.

[The study of ecology-induced pathologies in regions and settlements (analytical review)]. / Izuchenie ékologicheski obuslovlennoi patologii v regionakh i naselennykh punktakh (analiticheskii obzor)]

The authors analyze a problem associated with necessity to single ecologically induced disorders out of general mass of diseases. Diagnosis of ecologically induced disorders necessitates use of ecologic and hygienic monitoring systems designed by the authors, examination combined with observation of environmental changes and health state in population, group and organism.

[Method of determination of ecologically induced actual risk for human health and the degree of stress in medical and ecological situations]. / Metodika opredeleniia ékologicheski obuslovlennogo real'nogo riska zdorov'iu liudei i stepeni napriazhennosti mediko-ékologicheskoi situatsii.

Lipetsk town area was ranked according to maximal or minimal actual risk for public health (with consideration of medical and ecologic situation if influenced by technogenic hazards. That ranking enables to suggest municipal measures aimed at protection of population of ecologic hazards.