Abstract: | The article covers some results of complex sanitary, hygienic, clinical, functional and laboratory examinations of individuals working in main shops of storage battery production where lead and its inorganic compounds are principal occupational hazards. Lead and its compounds harm human health, being risk factors for vegetoneurosis and arterial hypertension. Hemodynamic studies using integral rheography revealed hemodynamic type of circulation, increase of general and peripheral vascular tone. The main causes of hemodynamic disorders are influence of lead compounds on autonomous nervous system, prevalence of the parasympathetic section and metabolic disorders in myocardium. |