[Determination of critical parameters of environmental air pollution by the incidence of medical services...

The atmospheric environment in the town of Solikamsk was estimated by the daily measurements of 9 compounds at 6 stations of the Russian Committee of Hydrometereology during a year. The health status of the children under 14 years was evaluated by the rate of referrals for emergency health care. The results of stimulation of the impacts of short-term variations in the magnitude of ambient air pollution on the rate of referrals suggest that there is a rather clear correlation of the rate of referrals with gradient of the air concentrations of pollutants rather than with the absolute values. The indicators of direct toxic effects on respiratory organs are H2S, Cl, SO2, HCl and those on the skin are formaldehyde, SO2, HCl.