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Assessment of Children’s Health and Indoor Air Contaminants of Day Care Centre in Industrial Area

Background: Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the most commonly used indicators of indoor air quality (IAQ) in industrial area. The higher concentration level of CO2 and particulate matter (PM10) in day care centre could affect children’s health. The objective of this study was to assess children’s hea...

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Main Authors: Tezara, C., Juliana, Jalaludin, Nor Mariah, Adam, Siregar, J. P.
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Language:English
Published: 2014
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling my.ump.umpir.74792015-03-03T09:36:21Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7479/ Assessment of Children’s Health and Indoor Air Contaminants of Day Care Centre in Industrial Area Tezara, C. Juliana, Jalaludin Nor Mariah, Adam Siregar, J. P. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Background: Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the most commonly used indicators of indoor air quality (IAQ) in industrial area. The higher concentration level of CO2 and particulate matter (PM10) in day care centre could affect children’s health. The objective of this study was to assess children’s health symptom, and measure the CO2 and PM10 concentration level as IAQ parameters in different locations of day care centres near the industrial area at Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Hulu Langat as urban, suburban and rural areas respectively. Methods: The data of children’s health symptom were collected from the distributed questionnaire. Results: The day care centres (DCC) in Kuala Lumpur has the highest number of children’s illness frequency of more than four times annually (11%), followed by the highest number of children who experienced asthma (5.3%), wheezing(3.3%) and coughing (10%). The results of data collection of day care centres in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Hulu Langat ranged between 629-830 ppm, 587-823 ppm and 600-830 ppm for CO2 level, and 60.80-78.60 g/m3, 56.90-80.50 g/m3 and 59.90-79.10 g/m3 for PM10 level. The statistical analysis for CO2 level between areas was significantly different (P<0.05). Conclusion: Day care centers in Kuala Lumpur have the highest mean rate of CO2 and PM10 as well as frequency of children’ illness which could identify traffic congestion and less greenery of a densely populated city. 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7479/1/Assessment_of_Children%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s_Health_and_Indoor_Air_Contaminants_of_Day_Care_Centre_in_Industrial_Area.pdf Tezara, C. and Juliana, Jalaludin and Nor Mariah, Adam and Siregar, J. P. (2014) Assessment of Children’s Health and Indoor Air Contaminants of Day Care Centre in Industrial Area. Iranian J Publ Health, 43 (3). pp. 81-88.
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Tezara, C.
Juliana, Jalaludin
Nor Mariah, Adam
Siregar, J. P.
Assessment of Children’s Health and Indoor Air Contaminants of Day Care Centre in Industrial Area
description Background: Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the most commonly used indicators of indoor air quality (IAQ) in industrial area. The higher concentration level of CO2 and particulate matter (PM10) in day care centre could affect children’s health. The objective of this study was to assess children’s health symptom, and measure the CO2 and PM10 concentration level as IAQ parameters in different locations of day care centres near the industrial area at Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Hulu Langat as urban, suburban and rural areas respectively. Methods: The data of children’s health symptom were collected from the distributed questionnaire. Results: The day care centres (DCC) in Kuala Lumpur has the highest number of children’s illness frequency of more than four times annually (11%), followed by the highest number of children who experienced asthma (5.3%), wheezing(3.3%) and coughing (10%). The results of data collection of day care centres in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Hulu Langat ranged between 629-830 ppm, 587-823 ppm and 600-830 ppm for CO2 level, and 60.80-78.60 g/m3, 56.90-80.50 g/m3 and 59.90-79.10 g/m3 for PM10 level. The statistical analysis for CO2 level between areas was significantly different (P<0.05). Conclusion: Day care centers in Kuala Lumpur have the highest mean rate of CO2 and PM10 as well as frequency of children’ illness which could identify traffic congestion and less greenery of a densely populated city.
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author Tezara, C.
Juliana, Jalaludin
Nor Mariah, Adam
Siregar, J. P.
author_facet Tezara, C.
Juliana, Jalaludin
Nor Mariah, Adam
Siregar, J. P.
author_sort Tezara, C.
title Assessment of Children’s Health and Indoor Air Contaminants of Day Care Centre in Industrial Area
title_short Assessment of Children’s Health and Indoor Air Contaminants of Day Care Centre in Industrial Area
title_full Assessment of Children’s Health and Indoor Air Contaminants of Day Care Centre in Industrial Area
title_fullStr Assessment of Children’s Health and Indoor Air Contaminants of Day Care Centre in Industrial Area
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of Children’s Health and Indoor Air Contaminants of Day Care Centre in Industrial Area
title_sort assessment of children’s health and indoor air contaminants of day care centre in industrial area
publishDate 2014
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7479/1/Assessment_of_Children%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s_Health_and_Indoor_Air_Contaminants_of_Day_Care_Centre_in_Industrial_Area.pdf
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