Quantifying the effects of criteria air pollutants on child health - setting Australian air quality standards.

该项目是由国家环境和遗产保护理事会提出和支持的，该理事会将从2005年起审查澳大利亚的空气质量标准。该研究旨在确定目前的空气质量标准是否足以保护澳大利亚学龄儿童的健康，并提供基于国家的信息，以告知对当前标准的任何更改。 一项横断面研究将检查累积效应;一项嵌套小组研究将量化空气污染对敏感儿童的日常影响。 抽样将确保调查结果的国家代表性和普遍性。这将是澳大利亚第一个关于空气质量与儿童健康关系的全国性研究。

The project is proposed and supported by the National Environment and Heritage Protection Council, who will be reviewing Australian air quality standards from 2005. The study aims to determine whether current air quality standards adequately protect the health of Australian school children, and to provide nationally-based information to inform any changes to the current standards. A cross-sectional study will examine cumulative effects; a nested panel study will quantify day-to-day effects of air pollution in sensitive children. Sampling will ensure national representation and generalisability of findings. This will be the first nationally-based study of the relationship between air quality and child health in Australia.