The dependence of renal pathology on the adverse effect of atmospheric pollution in a large industrial city

At the III All-Union Congress of Nephrologists (1986) it was emphasized that, despite the advances in theoretical and practical nephrology, the incidence of renal disease remains high, and issues such as the prevalence of nephrological pathology in various regions and its dependence on the environmental situation require in-depth study. Currently, studies to identify environmental factors that have an adverse effect on the level and structure of renal pathology are of undoubted interest. In the literature, there are works devoted to renal morbidity in connection with several risk factors. However, we failed to find information on the influence of diffuse and zonal air pollution, as well as the combined effect of harmful substances on the frequency and structure of renal pathology, in the literature. The questions about the possibility of a negative impact of atmospheric air pollution, depending on the concentration and qualitative composition, on the severity of kidney damage have not been covered either.