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Environmental risksaffecting health of middle age residents of Almaty
Authors: Tyessova-Berdalina R.A., Baymuratova M.A., Abirov A.S.
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Today, environmentalrisks as a factor of accelerated aging of people is not studied very much, and middle age people including working population aged 45-63 are in included 'group of risk'. They are especially active, and present the most sensitive group,and so, environmental pollution negatively affects their health. The largestriskto public health is caused bysmalldust particles, PM10, which are a mixof all air pollutants. The most reliable and proper standard of evaluation of environmental risks for public health is based on the dangercoefficient, HQ - РМЮ.ТҺе danger coefficients, HQ, are calculated for heavy metals (lead, cadmium and zinc), and actualquantities of air pollutants arriving in different ways.