Izucheny usloviya truda rabotnikov predpriyatiya chernoy metallurgii, nakhodyashchikhsya v kontakte s povyshennym soderzhaniem aerozoley preimushchestvenno fibrogennogo deystviya v vozdukhe rabochey zony. Opredeleny osobennosti razvitiya, klinicheskogo techeniya silikoza v zavisimosti ot vneshne sredovykh faktorov u metallurgov. Proveden v techenie chetyrnadtsati let prospektivnyy analiz razvitiya, klinicheskogo techeniya silikoza bez tuberkuleza i silikotuberkuleza, u zhenshchin, bol"nykh silikozom; izucheny vyzhivaemost", struktura smertnosti i iskhody u bol"nykh silikozom, silikotuberkulezom, v zavisimosti ot gendernykh razlichiy. Rezul"taty provedennogo issledovaniya pozvolyayut nauchno obosnovat" sotsial"no-ekonomicheskie i lechebno-profilakticheskie meropriyatiya u rabotnikov chernoy metallurgii, napravlennye na povyshenie kachestva zhizni i uvelichenie ee prodolzhitel"nosti. Poluchennye rezul"taty issledovaniya rekomendovano ispol"zovat" v praktike tsentrov professional"noy patologii munitsipal"nykh uchrezhdeniyakh zdravookhraneniya, uchebnom protsesse v meditsinskikh universitetakh.