[HEALTH STATUS OF ELECTROTECHNICAL PERSONNEL EXPOSED TO THE COMBINED IMPACT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS OF 50 HZ AND CHEMICALS].

There was performed an analysis of the working conditions and health status of workers of the chemical enterprise. In male electrical staff exposed to electromagnetic fields (EMF) of 50 Hz and chemicals, according to data of periodic medical examinations there was revealed statistically higher incidence of cardiovascular diseases and autonomic disorders. The obtained preliminary results allow to suggest the upsurge of the involvement of the autonomic nervous system in response to the combined effects of EMF of 50 Hz and chemicals.

[Pace of pulmonary function deterioration in patients with occupational bronchial diseases: influence of various factors].

Prospective cohort study covered 348 workers of dust-related occupations with verified occupational bronchial diseases. The authors studied dependence between industrial aerosol levels at workplace, smoking status and pace of pulmonary function decrease in individuals with chronic bronchitis and COLD. Conclusion is that totality of occupational bronchial diseases patients is uneven and differs in course and clinical and functional parameters.

[Substantiation of approaches to implementation of anti-smoking program in industrial enterprise].

The article deals with prevention of chronic obstructive lung disease in industrial workers. The authors analysed prevalence of smoking and tobacco addiction degree on four enterprises of Tatarstan Republic. Share of smokers with moderate and high degree of tobacco addiction among the workers appeared high. The article covers approaches to realize corporate anti-smoking programs and to evaluate its efficiency.

[Bases of critical length of service and criteria of early diagnosis of occupational diseases in workers of pyroxylin powder production]. / Obosnovanie kriticheskogo stazha raboty i kriteriev rannei diagnostiki professional'noi i professional'no obuslovlennoi patologii u rabotaiushchikh v proizvodstve piroksilinovogo porokha.

Production of pyropowder, as a model of hazardous production, appeared to have the main features showing unfavorable influence of work conditions on the workers' health state. Based on those features, the authors designed criteria for early diagnosis of occupational diseases and determined critical length of service in the stated production, during which no changes of the workers' health state occur.

[The prediction of asthenic states in persons working under conditions of partial sensory isolation]. / Prognozirovanie astenicheskikh sostoianii u lits, rabotaiushchikh v usloviiakh chastichnoi sensornoi izoliatsii.

Work in partial sensory isolation (buildings without windows and illumination) induces marked asthenia. Data obtained by questionnaires and intentional medical examination helped to define risk ranges for the asthenia occurrence. The group of unfavorable outcome appeared to include operators aged 20-39, white-collar workers aged 30-39 and 40-49, packers (age range of 30-39). The asthenia together with other occupational factors reliably influences the level of morbidity with transitory disablement due to allergic diseases, cardiovascular illnesses, malignancies (the shares of the influence and 25.3%, 27.0%, 23.1% respectively).