Browsing by Author "Saliza Mohd Elias"

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    Risk of dietary mercury exposure via marine fish ingestion: Assessment among potential mothers in Malaysia
    (Springer, 2019) Pravina Jeevanaraj; Zailina Hashim; Saliza Mohd Elias; Ahmad Zaharin Aris
    Mercury (Hg) is a very toxic heavy metal that can permanently damage the brain of a developing fetus, particularly through maternal fish consumption. Being the highest seafood consumers in South East Asia, Malaysian mothers are probably at Hg exposure risk. Hence, this study was undertaken to assess the health risk associated with Hg from marine fish consumption and the types of fish that could possibly increase the exposure dose.
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    School indoor air pollutants: In relation to allergy and respiratory symptoms among school children in urban areas
    (University of Tehran, 2022) Zailina Hashim; Nur Shahira Mohamad Fadzil; Siti Raihan Mohd Fuad; Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin; Khairul Nizam Mohd Isa; Tan Tek Song; Jony Sieman; Saliza Mohd Elias; Jamal Hisham Hashim
    Indoor air pollutants affect children's health and previous research mostly focuses on respiratory and allergic diseases. However, little is known about the risks among school children in East Malaysia. Therefore, we studied associations between school children's respiratory and allergic symptoms and indoor air pollutants in schools in Sabah, Malaysia. We randomly enrolled 332 school children (14 years old) from 24 classrooms in 6 secondary schools in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Information on personal characteristics, respiratory and allergic symptoms were gathered by using a standard questionnaire. The skin prick test was used to characterize the atopy. In each classroom, the indoor concentrations of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), formaldehyde, total volatile organic compounds (TVOC), carbon dioxide (CO2) temperature and relative humidity were monitored.