[Influence of ambient air pollution on children's health in Krivoĭ Rog].

The degree and nature of surface air pollution with man-made chemicals were studied in Krivoy Rog in 1996 to 2005. The priorities of pollutants were established in the area with different forms of technogenic emissions and residential areas. Immunological parameters were studied in healthy neonates and 7-10-year-old children.

[Environmental pollution of the Krivoi-Rog iron ore basin and its impact on its population's health].

The authors studied the degree of ambient air and soil pollution with technogenically induced chemical substances in Krivoi Rog in 1996-2001. Priority pollutants were identified in the areas with different forms of technogenic discharge and on the development land. The widest range of pollutants and the highest morbidity rates were established at the site near a metallurgic plant and a by-product coke plant.

[Contribution of heavy metals to the development of reproductive disorders].

In order to evaluate the role of heavy metals in the reproductive status, a complex hygienic evaluation of total daily entry of lead, cadmium, zinc, and copper in the organism, biomonitoring of metals in indicator biosubstrates, and epidemiological follow-up of the reproductive function were carried out in 6962 healthy women living in industrial cities of the Dnepropetrovsk region. Total daily entry of lead is 0.27 mg, that of cadmium 0.