[The main trends in the work to formulate a healthy life style].

Formation of a healthy life style is a complex socioeconomic task which is to be solved at the level of the state, public health care agencies as well as at the individual level. Attainment of this objective will require a complex approach to each individual taken separately.

[The morbidity characteristics of workers in an information reference service employed at video terminals].

Female telephone operators working with displays perform monotonous operations which cause marked hypodynamia. A study was performed to investigate the labour conditions, which revealed respiratory diseases as the main cause of morbidity with temporary disability. Extensive medical examinations also showed the prevalence of gynaecological disorders resulting from the working posture and hypodynamia.

[A physiologic hygiene assessment of the work of female telephone operators at a city directory-information service while working with display terminals].

Physiologic and hygienic characteristics of body functioning state of female telephone operators working with displays in the inquiry information service "09" are presented. Insignificant changes of the cardiovascular system and functional state of the central nervous and neuromuscular systems have been detected along with the deterioration of visual function. The above changes are associated with neuroemotional stress during the work with video terminals and testify to distinct, sometimes quite significant fatigue.