Background Small for gestational age (SGA) births have been associated with both short- and long-term adverse health outcomes. Although social risk factors for SGA births have been studied earlier, such data are limited from Northern Russia. Objective We assessed maternal social risk factors for term SGA births based on data from the population-based Murmansk County Birth Registry (MCBR). Desig...

The review provides an analysis of the current rabies epidemic situation in Russian Federation and describes dynamics epizootic indicators, such as index infection density. risk characteristics process various regions country were studied. In 2012–2018 comparison with 2000–2011, a 1.5–fold decrease activity was noted, despite expansion virus areal. human hydrophobia morbidity reference to long-...

The aim of the work is to determine external, anthropogenic environmental factors that negatively affect morbidity population and associated nosologies. knowledge gained in this area will allow us identify adverse impacts man-made nature tools for quality management promote public health. Geoinformation data help areas with most intense situation Murmansk region. It also dominant diseases these...

Arctic single-industry towns, due to the influence of specific economic and geographic, as well as natural and climatic factors, are settlements of a special type. From the socioeconomic development perspective, a specific characteristic of single-industry towns is the fact that because of the mono-profile character of their economies they have higher development risks of the “boom-bust” type a...