[Health status of children living in the vicinity of coal open pits].
Open-cast mining in the vicinities of the town of Cheremkhovo is cause of environmental pollution with Al, Pb, Zn, Cu, As, B, Ni, Be, Sn, Y, Cr, V. Assessing the health status of children living in this area revealed the following: a high incidence of diseases; multimorbidity with a tendency for chronicity; reduced concentrations of a complex of essential trace elements in the children's hair below the physiological level; abundant hair heavy metals; the relation of hair trace element composition to the coal output. Micro- and macroelement imbalance is likely to cause high morbidity in the children living in the open-cast mining area.
Savchenkov
M F
MF
Reshetnik
L A
LA
Liashchenko
O V
OV
D002648:Child; D003032:Coal Mining; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D012800:Siberia
D004785:Environmental Pollutants