[Causes of death in the Sverdlovsk region's population suffered from emergency radiation situations at the Mayak production association].

Mortality rates were found to increase in three districts of the region (Kamensky, Bogdanovichsky, and Kamyshlovsky ones) after radiation accidents. The highest rate was characteristic of the Kamensky District. A substantial rise in mortality rates was recorded in the first decade following radiation accidents and in the 1980s and 1990s.

[Analysis of the late irradiation effects in the population of the north part of the East-Urals radioactive track].

Death records were used to analyze cancer mortality in the rural areas of the Kamensky District, Sverdlovsk Region, within the East-Urals radioactive track area. A study group showed a significant increase in cancer mortality as compared with a control group (65 of the 691 examinees; 90% confidence interval (CI) 18-144; the mean colonic radiation dose was 80 and 3 mGy in the study and control groups, respectively). The additional relative risk per colonic dose was 1.

[Analysis of the health status of rural inhabitants in the Sverdlovsk Region, determination of leading factors].

There is an increase in primary and overall mortality in the Sverdlovsk regional areas exposed to eastern-Urals radiation traces. The children mostly commonly have diseases of the endocrine and nervous systems, sensory and respiratory organs. The adults have predominantly neoplasms, diseases of the nervous, digestive, and urogenital systems and sensory organs.

[Assessment of human health risk due to environmental pollution in the city of Orsk].

The established tense ecological situation in the town of Orsk presents a serious human threat. The use of methods for assessing the risk has allowed the authors to determine the values of carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic risks. Due to the influence of all environments polluted by industrial emissions, the total annual carcinogenic risk is 2.

[Analysis of the structure of forensic chemical studies carried out in the Perm regional bureau of forensic medical expert evaluations in 1997-2000].

Analysis of statistical data on forensic chemical studies carried out in the Perm Regional Bureau of Forensic Medical Expert Evaluations in 1997-2000 indicates an increased number of expert evaluations with positive results. The specific share of expert evaluations with positive results for Perm was 66.6% of the total number of evaluations.

[Factors influencing morbidity rates in preschool children in the city of Orsk].

The comparative contribution of environmental factors to morbidity among the preschoolchildren of the town of Orsk was studied by applying currently available methods. Great morbidity is favoured by toxicosis during maternal second-half pregnancy, the poor health status of neonatal babies at birth and by the end of the first year of life, going to the nurseries where vegetable and calorie diets are not observed, the location of kindergartens in the areas with high traffic, high ambient air pollution with sulfuric anhydride and acid, and with substandard drinking water quality. Lower morbidity in children is in turn promoted by greater quantities of vegetables and fruits in the meals both at home and in the nurseries and kindergartens, over 2-month breast feeding, no adverse working conditions in their parents, as well as implementation of conditioning procedures in children.

[Virulent properties of Leishmania tropica major strains isolated from sandflies in the subzone of the northern deserts].

On the territory of the Karakalpak ASSR the infection of sand flies Ph. papatasi, Ph. caucasicus, Ph.