[Characteristics of affect in chronic intoxication by non-symmetrical dimethylhydrazine, hydrocarbons and nitroglycols]. / Osobennosti émotsional'noi sfery pri khronicheskikh intoksikatsiiakh nesimmetrichnym dimetilgidrazinom, uglevodorodami i nitroglikoliami.

The authors analyze emotional features in workers with occupational exposure to hydrazines, hydrocarbons and nitroglycols. Chronic occupational poisoning with those chemicals induce numerous emotional symptoms that are specific and varying in severity. The materials presented by authors could be interesting for occupational therapist, internist and psychiatrist for early diagnosis of chronic occupational intoxications, treatment of emotional disorders in workers and better occupational safety.

[Mortality and disablement as criteria in the evaluation of ecological situation]. / Smertnost' i invalidizatsiia naseleniia kak kriterii otsenki ékologicheskoi situatsii.

A uniform study analyzed criteria for evaluation of ecologic jeopardy of some territories. Mortality and disablement appeared to be inadequate for that evaluation. The authors suggest specific parameters for cities neighbouring to major chemical enterprises.

[Disease characteristics of the population on the territory of the city of Kirovo-Chepetsk]. / Kharakteristika zabolivaemosti naseleniia na territorii g. Kirovo- Chepetska.

Medical and ecologic evaluation of ecologic situation in Kirovo-Tchepetsk (Kirov region) included study of morbidity in the town and referent territories. Levels and dynamics of morbidity, prevalence, number of pathologic processes in children and other parameters could characterize the town as an ecologically unfavorable territory.