[The criteria for the diagnosis of chronic overheating in miners in deep coal mines].

The author analyzes a complex of informative signs and symptoms characterizing the main forms of disorders in chronic overheating: vegeto-vascular dysfunction, astheno-neurotic syndrome, reduced heat resistance, seizure. An integral criterion of the presence of chronic overheating in miners with a large length of work in conditions of heat is the total threshold of diagnostic coefficients (-9.8 units) and its absence (+12.5 units). Precision of the method -80%.