[Features of hormonal homeostasis under adverse industrial and ecologic conditions (a review)]

The paper deals with changes in hormonal homeostasis under the long-term influence of industrial and ecological factors. It presents data available in the literature on adaptive and abnormal hormonal changes in workers exposed to noxious agents and in the residents of ecologically poor regions. Emphasis is laid on hormonal imbalance in the pathogenesis of different diseases, including occupational ones.