Browsing by Author "Emilia Zainal Abidin"

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    Heavy metal quantification of classroom dust in school environment and its impacts on children health from Rawang (Malaysia)
    (Springer, 2018) Sock Yin Tan; Sarva Mangala Praveena; Emilia Zainal Abidin; Manraj Singh Cheema
    This study aimed to determine bioavailable heavy metal concentrations (As, Cd, Co, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn) and their potential sources in classroom dust collected from children’s hand palms in Rawang (Malaysia). This study also aimed to determine the association between bioavailable heavy metal concentration in classroom dust and children’s respiratory symptoms. Health risk assessment (HRA) was applied to evaluate health risks (non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic) due to heavy metals in classroom dust.
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    Land use change in highland area and its impact on river water quality: a review of case studies in Malaysia
    (Springer, 2018) Azlini Razali; Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail; Suriyani Awang; Sarva Mangala Praveena; Emilia Zainal Abidin
    The continuous trend of river water quality deterioration in Cameron Highlands has raised the issues for discussion in this review article. The purpose of this review is to briefly summarize the land use change, agriculture practices, agro-tourism, and agriculture policy and management toward water quality of the river system network in Cameron Highlands specifically in the downtown where most of the development and agriculture activities are concentrated. A rigorous review has been done on the existing literature to determine the relationship between land use change and agriculture practices toward river water quality in Cameron Highlands from 2001 to 2017.
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    The relationship between air pollution and asthma in Malaysian schoolchildren
    (Springer, 2014) Emilia Zainal Abidin; Sean Semple; Irniza Rasdi; Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail; Jon G. Ayres
    Rapid increases in traffic volumes in countries such as Malaysia may lead to exposure to poor air quality both outdoors and indoors. This study investigated asthma symptoms among Malaysian schoolchildren in relation to indoor and outdoor air pollution in urban and semi-rural settings in a school-based cross-sectional study of 1,952 schoolchildren living in urban and semi-rural areas.