[Work environment and health status in workers of decorative polyvinylchloride film production]. / Usloviia truda i sostoianie zdorovía rabochikh proizvodstva dekorativnoi polivinilkhloridnoi plënki.

The concentrations of toxic substances in working space air of polyvinyl chloride film production was determined, 130 workers were examined. The content of Dioctyl phthalate and cyclohexanone surpassed the standard values by 1.5-3 times. 67.7% of workers complained on disorders of digestion organs, 7.9% workers had disorders of vegetative functions; microsomal system activity was increased, enzymatic activity changed.

[The characteristics of gastroduodenal pathology in the workers of a plant for plastic construction materials]. / Osobennosti gastroduodenal'noi patologii u rabochikh zavoda stroitel'nykh plastikov.

Out of 162 workers exposed to chemicals in the manufacture of construction plastics an outpatient and inpatient examination revealed gastrointestinal problems in 84.3%, vegetative nervous disorders in 62.6% of the examinees. In a random sample of 47 workers high acid production occurred in 63.3% and erosions, ulcers, cicatrices in the stomach and duodenum in 45.2% of them. No HLA genetic predisposition to duodenal ulcer was reported. Histological findings on gastroduodenal mucosa biopsies were indicative of the dystrophy in the chief and lining cells of the gastric glands, epithelium and stroma with formation of the dark cells. The authors insist on consideration of the above facts in examination and treatment of workers exposed to chemicals at construction plastics plants.

[Work conditions and results of the health screening in workers of linoleum producing industry]. / Usloviia truda i rezultaty obsledovaniia rabochikh proizvodstva linoleuma.

Screening in 115 linoleum shop workers exposed to small concentrations (at the level of MAC) of dioctyiphthalate, cyclohexanone, lead, carbon dioxide revealed the complaints of digestive and nervous systems in 84.3% and 60.9% of examines respectively. The special questionnaire and neurologic examination revealed the autonomic nervous system dysfunction in 62.6% of examinees. According to the Kardo index 70.7% had parasympathicotonia, 21.2% of examinees--sympathicotonia and 8.1% had eutonic dysfunction.

[A case of chronic pesticide poisoning in a storehouse worker]. / Sluchai khronicheskoi intoksikatsii pestitsidami u rabotnitsy sklada.

The article narrates on a female worker's chronic intoxication case with a set of chemical weed- and pest-killers. The clinical picture predominantly displayed the CNS hypothalamic sections' damages which became apparent through sympatho-adrenal crises and the symptoms of the intoxication characteristic of phosphorus compounds, hypotension, bradycardia and gastric juice hyperacidity.