[ABSTRAK
Pencemaran udara merupakan masalah yang terjadi di area industri seperti salahsatunya di pabrik semen, di mana hal ini dapat menyebabkan timbulnya gangguankesehatan pada karyawan. Gangguan kesehatan berupa penyakit saluran pernafasanyang dapat terpicu oleh pencemaran udara salah satu di antaranya adalah Asma.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat kecenderungan prevalensi Asma sertauntuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhinya pada karyawan di sebuahpabrik semen di Jawa Barat. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengandesain studi potong lintang (Cross Sectional) dilakukan selama 3 bulan Mei-Julidilakukan wawancara terhadap 142 orang karyawan.Prevalensi asma di sebuah pabrik semen di Jawa Barat pada tahun 2008 adalahsebesar 9,2%. Asma pada karyawan tidak terkait langsung dengan faktor-faktordemografi, perilaku dan lingkungan kerja tetapi lebih pada faktor keturunan yangdibawa sejak sebelum bekerja di pabrik semen tersebut.Penanggulangan dapat dilakukan dengan penerimaan dan penempatan karyawansesuai dengan syarat kesehatan yang telah ditetapkan.

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ABSTRACT
Air pollution is a problem commonly in any industry area such as cementfactory, and cause various respiratory problem like Asma.This study aims to description prevalence of asthma occurence, as well as todetermine the correlation between any factor influencing of employees of a cementfactory in West Java during 2008. This study is descriptive in nature and is a crosssectional study in design among three months during May-July to 142 respondents byinterview.Asthma prevalence of employees of a cement factory in West Java during 2008is 9.2%. Asthma of the employees is not be direct related with demography factors,behavioral and the environment work but mostly caused degraded by their parents orgenetic factor since before working in this factory.Means to minimize the number of cases can be done with employees locationand acceptance as according to health condition which have been specified., Air pollution is a problem commonly in any industry area such as cementfactory, and cause various respiratory problem like Asma.This study aims to description prevalence of asthma occurence, as well as todetermine the correlation between any factor influencing of employees of a cementfactory in West Java during 2008. This study is descriptive in nature and is a crosssectional study in design among three months during May-July to 142 respondents byinterview.Asthma prevalence of employees of a cement factory in West Java during 2008is 9.2%. Asthma of the employees is not be direct related with demography factors,behavioral and the environment work but mostly caused degraded by their parents orgenetic factor since before working in this factory.Means to minimize the number of cases can be done with employees locationand acceptance as according to health condition which have been specified.]