[The health status and the indices of urinary system activity in children with long-term exposure to drinking water with an adverse mineral content].

A study was made of the effect of drinking highly mineralized water on the children's health status, particularly on the urinary system activity. As many as 357 children living in one of the poorly irrigated regions of the Saratov land along the Volga were examined. It has been established that drinking highly mineralized water is a high-intensity factor producing an untoward effect on the children's physical development, contributing to the rise of the incidence of acute (mainly respiratory) and chronic diseases (cholecystopathies, nephropathies, gastrointestinal diseases, nocturnal enuresis, dental caries).