[Comparative characteristics of the biological aggressiveness of welding dusts].

The article contains a study of the cytotoxic properties of welding dusts (WD) and their capacity to activate lipoid peroxidation (LP) depending on the particles of chemical composition. A correlation was established between the WD cytotoxic properties, activation of LP in the lungs and the concentration of cremnium dioxide.

[Plasma erythropoiesis inhibitors in humans during hyperbaric hyperoxia].

Before exposure of man to hyperbaric hyperoxia the blood plasma possessed marked erythropoietic activity. Erythropoietins disappeared completely and erythropoiesis inhibitors appeared in the plasma of persons untrained to hyperbaric hyperoxia after a 24-hour exposure to hyperoxic conditions (25% of oxygen in the inhaled air) in the high pressure chamber corresponding to the depth of 63 metres. A reduction of the peripheral red blood indices was observed by that time.