[Study of life expectancy as the basis of determining the end result in health protection of the population]. / Ischerpannaia zhiznesposobnost' kak osnova dlia izmereniia konechnogo rezul'tata v okhrane zdorov'ia naseleniia.

The absence of a complex qualitative instrument for measuring population health hinders in assessing public health efficacy at the local level. There is introduced a principally new approach to the determination of health characteristics at the starting level proceeding from the exhausted viability. Impairments of viability are classified according to the cycles of human development, involving the intrauterine period, and according to medical causes corresponding to the specialization of treatment and preventive facilities. It is assumed to identify additional characteristics by means of correction factors.

[Urbanization and aspects of cancer epidemiology]. / Urbanizatsiia i nekotorye aspekty épidemiologii raka.

In a large industrial Povolzhje region-Kuibyshev Province, within a 15-year period according to standardized indices the incidence of malignancies increased by 71.9% (1956-133,7; 1973-229,9; Pt = 0.95) It prevailed among urban population in relation to cancer of the breast and other organs; no reliable differences were found in relation to cancer of the lung, larynx, esophagus, stomach and skin. The incidence of cancer of the lower lip and female genitalia was higher in rural population. In the central industrial complex, where all cities and industrial enterprises are concentrated, the incidence rate among the rural population is higher than the average provincial one (100), so cancer of the upper respiratory tract is 129.5, esophagus--118, stomach-114, breast-115. The incidence rate is mostly high in cities with machine, petrochemical, electrical industry enterprises and aged population.