[Prenosological approach to assessing morbidity and mortality].

The paper deals with the morbidity- and mortality-associated problem arising from the processes occurring in the transition period of development of new Russia. It points to the leading role of health care service in this process. The authors show the real health status of the working population, the actual state of affairs with the rendering primary medical care at industrial institutions. Measures are proposed to apply specific science-based health-promoting technologies adopted from Russian space medicine and called prenosological monitoring.