[Evaluation of the efficiency of preventive medical examinations of railway transport workers].

The paper reflects the priority role of preliminary and periodic medical examinations in the system of measures implemented by therapeutic-and-prophylactic institutions of the Ministry of Railway of Russia. It gives a comprehensive assessment of the medical, social, and economic aspects of the efficiency of preventive medical examinations. Emphasis is laid on the necessity of elaborating methods to evaluate the economic efficiency of medical measures under the conditions of market economy.

[Hygienic rationale for the safety of food transportation by railroad].

The paper presents new requirements for carriage of foodstuffs by rail in Russia. It discusses the aspects of environmental safety from possible spilling, leakage, scattering, and other emergencies; the matters of health care in those engaged in cargo transportation, as well as the preservation of cargoes themselves. The basic hygienic requirements that should be met on transportation of foodstuffs; the main points of compulsory certification of railway transport vehicles used to carry foodstuffs are outlines.