[Influence of the environmental hygienic state on the intellectual development of Voronezh schoolchildren].
Voronezh belongs to the areas that have a poor hygienic situation in the environmental pollution with heavy metal compounds. The subject of the studies was pupils from 2 Voronezh schools situated in the areas hygienically contrast in the ambient air and soil pollution with heavy compounds. Their intellectual development was studied. A total of 245 pupils from the 2nd, 7th, and 10th forms were examined. The best intellectual development indices were recorded among all age groups of children living in the hygienically favorable areas. The findings are in agreement with the data published by Russian and foreign investigators.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007360:Intelligence / Q000502:physiology*; D012426:Russia; D014505:Urban Population