title: [Hygienic characteristics of children's sports-and-playing grounds in Moscow].
abstract: The hygienic state of 280 children's sports-and-playing grounds was studied in 9 Moscow okrugs in accordance with the proportion of vandalism and the level of greening, noise, and environmental pollution caused by motor transport. Technogenic load on children on the children's grounds was shown to be higher in Moscow than that in its Region, the levels of dust, chlorine ions, lead, and potassium were 10, 3, 5, and 2 times higher in Moscow than in the region. By significantly decreasing the pollution, the minimum distance of children's grounds from a road or a car park should be 15 m. It was found that 33-50% of the children's grounds in Moscow did not meet this criterion. The level noise more than 40 dB caused by motor transport on the children's grounds was noted in 53% of cases. The level of poor greening was directly correlated with that of noise. The problem associated with the durability of constructions for children's grounds (the broken constructions were an average of about 12.5%) may be solved, by using fiberglass materials.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Golubkina
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Shpanov
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Dontsov
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D004782:Environmental Health; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D009031:Moscow; D009624:Noise, Transportation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010944:Plants; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012914:Snow; D013177:Sports; D001335:Vehicle Emissions / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D001335:Vehicle Emissions