[Impact of ambient air pollution by a pulp-and-paper mill on the cytological status of the nasal and oral mucosa in children].
The cytological state of nasal and oral mucosae in the children and adolescents living in the town of Koryazhma was evaluated at the schools located differently from the Kotlas pulp-and-paper mill (PPM). All the Kozyazhma children under examination were found to have an increased epithelocytic alteration index, which is likely to suggest cytotoxic exposure, which was shown to a greater extent with the duration of residence at the school more adjacent to the PPM. The first-form pupils from the school locates more closely to the PPM were found to showed a higher index of natural microflora colonization with buccal epitheliocytes and a trend for an increase in the epitheliocytic differentiation coefficient characterizing the high incidence of diseases.
Beliaeva
N N
NN
Ivanov
S I
SI
Zhurkov
V S
VS
Sycheva
L P
LP
Ponomareva
O Iu
OIu
Antsiferov
B M
BM
D000293:Adolescent; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001870:Book Industry; D002648:Child; D018876:Environmental Illness / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology
D000393:Air Pollutants