Features of biological development of children living in Vladivostok administrative areas
The purpose of the research was to study the peculiarities of biological development of children living in the administrative districts of Vladivostok. Materials and methods. The hygienic characteristic of the level of anthropotechnogenic contamination is given in accordance with the current methodological recommendations. The growth-weight indices were measured according to the unified anthropometric method, the body length increase for the last year was analyzed, dental maturity was estimated by the number of permanent teeth and their cutting times. Results. It has been revealed that the sanitary and hygienic situation in the Leninsky district of the city is estimated as unsatisfactory, in the Pervorchensky and Frunsensky districts - as relatively satisfactory. It was found that children living in different areas of the city did not have statistically significant differences in terms of biological maturity. Conclusions. Modern generation of children 's population of the region in most age-sex groups overtake the peers of previous decades according to average values of growth-weight criteria.