[Influence of climatic and geographic factors on the environmental distribution of heavy metals and children's health].

The authors have studied the environmental distribution of salts of heavy metals (cadmium and nickel) under the influence of climatic and geographic factors and formation of geochemical anomalies. They also examined regularities in the accumulation of heavy metals in children's biosubstrates (hair, urine) and the nature of impact of their levels on the physical development of children in the organized collective bodies (preschool institutions) located in anomalous areas.