Состояние функции внешнего дыхания у детей школьного возраста из разных климатогеографических и экологических регионов

The features of development of external respiration development and anthropometric indices in children living in different climatic-geographic and ecological conditions have been studied. It has been shown that at the age from 11 to 15 y.o., growth and development of the respiratory system in children in the examined climatic-geographic regions were significantly different. In children of the Vladimir region, there was observed the most rapid increase in body mass, body mass index, forced respiratory capacity from 11 to 13 y.o. in contrast to children from Kalmykia where the period of the most rapid growth and development is observed at the age 13-15 y.o.