MEDICAL AND ECOLOGYCAL ASPECT OF THE VERTICAL OZONE DISTRIBUTION IN THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS
The natural increase of the ozone concentration in the troposphere with altitude up to values exceeding the standards of the World Health Organization is a problem of recreational use of the mountain regions. There is the necessity of considering of the presence of ozone-rich at high altitudes under planning of rest, tourism and sports in the mountain regions. In essence the high ozone concentrations are additional and little-known factor that bounds the recreational use of mountain regions for some clusters of the people. Attention is drawn to the fact that symptoms of the altitude illness are similar to symptoms of the ozone poisoning. This assumes that higher ozone concentrations promote to appearance of effects of the altitude illness or at least increases its effects. For this reason the ozone is unfavourable factor for life in the mountains.