[Environmental pollution of the Krivoi-Rog iron ore basin and its impact on its population's health].

The authors studied the degree of ambient air and soil pollution with technogenically induced chemical substances in Krivoi Rog in 1996-2001. Priority pollutants were identified in the areas with different forms of technogenic discharge and on the development land. The widest range of pollutants and the highest morbidity rates were established at the site near a metallurgic plant and a by-product coke plant. The immunological parameters were studied in infants of the first year of life, who had been born full-term with intrauterine developmental retardation. Decreased basic immunological parameters were found in both this category of infants and healthy infants of the same age.