[The use of computer technology in a tuberculosis control institution].

Program complexes that are being developed at the laboratory of the Research Institute of Tuberculosis (USSR Ministry of Public Health) are directed to the employment of the IBM-compatible personal computers of a diverse configuration in antituberculosis institutions of a various level. In this respect the routine work of a doctor of an out- and in-patient department supplied by the appropriate modules can be replaced by work on computers which will enable the attending doctor to fill in medical records according to the scheme of the out- and in-patient departments. A program complex was also developed for the employment of computer technology in control over the antituberculosis service.

[Setting up a dialogue-automated counselor system for the examination of patients with a phthisio-pulmonological profile].

The Central Research Institute of Tuberculosis of the USSR Ministry of Public Health is engaged in the work for the development of the computed automatized dialogue system--counsel of a physician on questions of the optimization of examination of patients of the ++phthisio-pulmonologic profile under dispensary conditions, which is based on the statistical methods of image discrimination. The system helps in solving tasks of differential diagnosis, diagnostic volume of patients examination and development of recommendations for the further management of patients.

[Smoking among medical students].

A fundamental statistical analysis of the questionnaire given to 2089 first-year and last-year students of 9 medical institutes of the country was carried out within the framework of study of the "Smoking and Health" International Committee. The number of smokers per day was 21.6%.