[Influence of industrial pollutants on bronchial permeability].

Findings are that prevalence of COLD among workers of chemical industrial complex in Kemerovo city, who contact organic chemicals, is 1.6 times higher than that among those in contact with irritants and 5.4 times higher than that in reference group. Chemical industry workers develop dysbalance of pro- and antioxidant processes, that is maximal in those contacting organic solvents.