[The sanitary preventive direction of Zemstvo medicine of Ekaterinoslav Gubernia].

The article analyzes, for the reason of archive and literary sources, the historic medical characteristics of formation of sanitary antiepidemic organization of Yekaterinoslav gubernia. The historic stages are established and the essence and basic principles of formation of preventive direction oa Zemstvo medicine are revealed. It is demonstrated that the achievements of sanitary organization of Yekaterinoslav Zemstvo became possible due to the efforts of progressive Zemstvo sanutary physicians who developed a comprehensive system of sanitary epidemiologic service, the most advanced in Ukraine.

[Characteristics of selenium status in the population from the industrial region of Ukraine].

The paper presents the results of a study of selenium levels in the blood of apparently healthy residents aged 18 to 59 years in technogenically polluted areas (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine). In women, the selenium levels have been ascertained to be 5-13% higher than those in men. The selenium status in the examinees corresponds to an average of the suboptimal level and 16% lower than the optimal one and significantly lower than that in the control area.