The article covers morbidity and demographic changes in inhabitants of territories subjected to high geochemical load, exemplified by Ust-Kamenogorsk of East Kazakhstan region over 2005-2009. The authors revealed some unfavorable trends in medical and social processes in the region. The most sensitive to anthropogenic pollution are: infant mortality, general morbidity among adolescents and children, primary morbidity among children and adults, when compared to the reference area (Shiutchinsk).
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