Browsing by Author "Muhammad Abdul Basit Ahmad Tajudin"

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    Children's exposure to air pollution in a natural gas industrial area and their risk of hospital admission for respiratory diseases
    (Elsevier, 2022) Mohd Faiz Ibrahim; Rozita Hod; Muhammad Abdul Basit Ahmad Tajudin; Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin; Azmawati Mohammed Nawi; Mazrura Sahani
    This study aimed to explore the relationship between short-term exposure to air pollution and hospital admissions for respiratory diseases among children in a natural gas industrial area in Bintulu, Malaysia. Daily hospital admissions for respiratory diseases among children were collected from a hospital in Bintulu from 2010 to 2019. Data on six air pollutants (PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2, O3, and CO) in the study area were obtained from the Department of Environment Malaysia.
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    Risk of concentrations of major air pollutants on the prevalence of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in urbanized area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    (Elsevier, 2019) Muhammad Abdul Basit Ahmad Tajudin; Md Firoz Khan; Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin; Rozita Hodd; Mohd Talib Latif; Ahmad Hazuwan Hamid; Sufian Abd Rahman; Mazrura Sahania
    Rapid urbanisation in Malaysian cities poses risks to the health of residents. This study aims to estimate the relative risk (RR) of major air pollutants on cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalisations in Kuala Lumpur. Daily hospitalisations due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases from 2010 to 2014 were obtained from the Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (HCTM). The trace gases, PM10 and weather variables were obtained from the Department of Environment (DOE) Malaysia in consistent with the hospitalisation data. The RR was estimated using a Generalised Additive Model (GAM) based on Poisson regression. A "lag" concept was used where the analysis was segregated into risks of immediate exposure (lag 0) until exposure after 5 days.