Contribution of physical factors to the complex anthropogenic load in an industrial town
Dunaev, V.N.; Bystrykh, V.V.; Boev, V.M.
Gigiena i Sanitariia 6: 58-61
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-9900 PMID: 11013750 Document Number: 488011
The paper provides evidence for the increasing significance of noise and electromagnetic fields. The correlation coefficients between urban noise and the incidence of digestive diseases were found to be 0.84, those between noise and complication pregnancy were 0.83, those between noise perinatal pathology was 0.79, those between electromagnetic exposure (EME) and neuropsychopathy, EME and cataract, and EME and circulatory disorders were 0.71, 0.91, and 0.78, respectively.