[Assessment of human health in the areas adjacent to a large industrial center].
The paper presents data on morbidity in the population living in the suburban area of an industrial center (the city of Ryazan), by taking into account gross ambient emission from the stationary sources, ambient pollution levels, and a sanitary assessment of the quality of life. Differences were found only in the extent of specific emission (per km2 and per capita). The studies in the 1991-2006 changes in the health status of the children living in the suburban areas indicated that the average many years' morbidity rates were significantly less than those in the city (other than diseases of blood and blood organs), but these were at the level of the average regional rates. The comparison of childhood morbidity in the suburban areas versus a control area revealed a significant rise in morbidity with the diagnosis first established as a whole and by individual classes of diseases. Morbidity and correlation analysis in the rural areas adjacent to the industrial center suggest that ambient emission of chemicals from the stationary sources has a great impact on these parameters.
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D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018876:Environmental Illness / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology