[Atmospheric pollution as a health risk factor in children and adolescence]. / Atmosfernye zagriazneniia kak faktor riska dlia zdorov'ia detskogo i podrostnovogo naseleniia.

Atmospheric pollution is an essential health risk factor. The present-day considerable rise in the incidence and prevalence of diseases among children and adolescents suggest that there is an excess of ecological pressure above the body's functional capacities of their adaptation. Children of the first year of life are the most vulnerable group. They are at the highest risk of death and disease with high technogenic loads (2.15-6.33 units).