Method for determination of manganese toxicity in children being residents of technogenically-loaded territories

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: whole blood is examined for a manganese level and two laboratory values, namely: a plasma antioxidant activity level and a plasma malonic dialdehyde content. Further, the correlation analysis of the specified laboratory values and the blood manganese level is performed, and if observing the authentic dependences simultaneously: the high blood manganese level - the low blood plasma antioxidant activity level, the high blood manganese level - the high blood plasma malonic dialdehyde level, the low blood plasma antioxidant activity level - the high blood plasma malonic dialdehyde level, manganese action is considered to be toxic. EFFECT: higher accuracy and information value of the determination procedure. 2 tbl