On methodological approaches to evaluation of multifactor risk for population exposed to environmental hazards

Abstract

Health risk evaluation, as subjected to many environmental factors (chemical, physical, lifestyle, etc.), is a topical scientific and practical task, because human is never exposed to a single factor, and human health risk management requires consideration of maximal possible amount of environmental and factorial influences. The article deals with methodological approaches to multifactor risk evaluation and contains the results of pilot project on mortality risk assessment, exemplified by population of the Kirovograd city district of Sverdlovsk region, considering smoking and multifactor exposure to noise and chemical pollution of air. The authors presented assessment of economic losses due to the exposure and suggestions of methodological approaches development and elaboration of techniques for multifactor risk assessment to improve municipal system of health risk management and provide sanitary and epidemiological safety.