[Prevalence of smoking in Izhevsk].

The purpose of the investigation was to study the prevalence of smoking as the most aggressive risk factor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in different populations of a large industrial center. A questionnaire survey was conducted in 485 schoolchildren, 427 students, and 1406 adults from Izhevsk. The smoking rates were 73.

[Analysis of protein- and oligomer-bound fucose in blood serum].

A new method was suggested that provides for a simultaneous determination of protein- and oligomer-bound fucose in blood serum. The level of such compounds in blood serum was shown to be increasing with age and in certain diseases.