Abstract
Background: Through the air pollutant monitoring, Jakarta urban area has been found highly polluted and predicted affects to the population health. Currently, thousands motor vehicles come and out Jakarta city daily which means that motor vehicles from the leaded gasoline area come to Jakarta bringing lead exposure complementarily with the existing aromatic exposure in the air.
Objectives: to determine the association of air pollution and respiratory health and to assess the blood lead level patterns of elementary school children in Jakarta urban area 2004-2005.
Methods: A time-series survey will be used for assessing the blood lead level patterns of 200 children from 20 elementary schools located the surroundings of 5 air pollution monitoring stations. A prospective cohort design will be used for determining association of respiratory illnesses and PM10 of 280 elementary school children from both high polluted and low polluted area in Jakarta.
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