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The pollution of water sources and drinking water in some towns and settlements of the Kola North by metals, wastewaters, and aerial effluents of mining-and-metallurgical industry is characterized. Statistical data on population morbidity are given. Relationships were found to exist between water quality indices and heavy metal accumulation in kidney and liver of postmortem-examined patients, and the results of their histological, clinical, and postmortem examination are given. The results of comprehensive studies are used to assess the effect of drinking water pollution on the population health in the region.
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Original Russian Text © T.I. Moiseenko, V.V. Megorskii, N.A. Gashkina, L.P. Kudryavtseva, 2010, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2010, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 199–208.
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Moiseenko, T.I., Megorskii, V.V., Gashkina, N.A. et al. Water pollution effect on population health in an industrial northern region. Water Resour 37, 194–203 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807810020077
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