SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMFORT OF THE POPULATION OF LARGE CITIES

Abstract

The article is devoted to generalization of the known approaches to health risk assessment in large cities adopted in the Russian Federation and based on the study of “dose – effect” dependencefor threshold toxicants, as well as the author's methodology for assessing the environmental comfort of territories. The advantages and disadvantages of the above-mentioned approaches are discussed, scientific and methodological approaches and recommendations to the assessmentof health risk and environmental comfort for the population of large cities of Russia are developed.

Keywords

• оценка риска здоровью
• зависимость «доза-эффект»
• пороговые вещества
• канцерогенные вещества
• беспороговые вещества
• экологическая комфортность