[Role of adenylate cyclase system in pathogenesis of various types of occupational bronchial asthma]. / Rol' adenilattsiklaznoi sistemy v patogeneze razlichnykh form professional'noi bronkhial'noi astmy.

Occupational bronchial asthma with its prevalence amounting to 14% is one of the main entities in occupational morbidity structure. Clinical evidence in recent decades demonstrates changed phenotype of occupational bronchial asthma. Changes are increased number of patients suffering from the severe asthma, higher occurrence of occupational bronchial asthma which pathogenesis is more significantly mediated by nonimmune mechanisms. Prevalence of these types of occupational bronchial asthma approaches 9.7-22%.

[Influence of industrial factors on health status of workers engaged in obtaining and processing non-ferrous alloys]. / Vliianie promyshlennykh faktorov na sostoianie zdorov'ia rabotaiushchikh pri poluchenii i obrabotke splavov tsvetnykh metallov.

Workers engaged into treatment of nonferrous alloys are exposed to aerosols of condensation and disintegration. Those who contact aerosols of nonferrous metals demonstrate respiratory, gastrointestinal and skin diseases. To reveal a role of occupational factors in formation of those diseases, the authors designed diagnostic criteria according to results of clinical, allergologic, immunologic and cytochemical studies.