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Browsing Environmental Health by Subject "Air pollution"

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    Air pollution and cardiorespiratory hospitalization, predictive modeling, and analysis using artificial intelligence techniques
    (Springer, 2021) Raja Sher Afgun Usmani; Thulasyammal Ramiah Pillai; Ibrahim Abaker Targio Hashem; Mohsen Marjani; Rafiza Shaharudin; Mohd Talib Latif
    This study aims to investigate the association between cardiorespiratory hospitalization and air pollution, and predict cardiorespiratory hospitalization based on air pollution using the artificial intelligence (AI) techniques.
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    Air pollution and its health impacts in Malaysia: a review
    (Springer, 2020) Raja Sher Afgun Usmani; Anum Saeed; kibu Mahmoud Abdullahi Thulasyammal Ramiah Pillai; Noor Zaman Jhanjhi; Ibrahim Abaker Targio Hashem
    Air pollution is strongly tied to climate change. Industrialization and fossil fuel combustion are the main contributors leading to climate change, also being significant sources of air pollution. Malaysia is a developing country with a focus on industrialization. The preference of using private cars is a common practice in Malaysia, resulting in the after-effects of haze and transboundary air pollution. Hence, air pollution has become a severe issue in Malaysia in recent times. Exposure to air pollutants such as ozone and airborne particles is associated with increases in hospital admissions and mortality. For the past few years, the focus of the research is moving towards air quality and the impacts of air pollution on health in Malaysia. In this study, we establish the definition of air pollution, the motivation to study it, and its impacts and sources of air pollution and climate change.
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    Air pollution, cardiovascular and respiratory admissions in Klang Valley, Malaysia-Finding the Effects
    (Technoscience Publications, 2022) W. M. W. Rozita; S. Zamtira; FI. Mohd; T. L. Mohd; I. A. Nurul; I. A. W. Muhammad; S. Mazrura
    This study aims to determine the association and risk of daily fluctuations of air pollution parameters in Klang Valley, Malaysia, with cardiovascular and respiratory admissions. The data on admissions and air pollution concentrations were obtained from various government agencies in Malaysia. The associations were estimated using a time series analysis of Poisson regression. The effects for every 10µ/m3 increase in pollutants were reported as Relative Risk (RR).
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    Association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and prevalence of diabetes mellitus among Malaysian adults
    (BioMed Central Ltd, 2020) Shew Fung Wong; Poh Sin Yap; Joon Wah Mak; Wan Ling Elaine Chan; Geok Lin Khor; Stephen Ambu; Wan Loy Chu; Maria Safura Mohamad; Norazizah Ibrahim Wong; Nur Liana Ab. Majid; Hamizatul Akmal Abd. Hamid; Wan Shakira Rodzlan Hasani; Muhammad Fadhli bin Mohd Yussoff; Hj. Tahir bin Aris; Ezahtulsyahreen Bt. Ab. Rahman; Zaleha Bt. M. Rashid
    Diabetes data were derived from the Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Surveys conducted in 2006, 2011 and 2015. The air pollution data (NOx, NO2, SO2, O3 and PM10) were obtained from the Department of Environment Malaysia. Using multiple logistic and linear regression models, the association between long-term exposure to these pollutants and prevalence of diabetes among Malaysian adults was evaluated.
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    Distributions and health risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in atmospheric aerosols of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    (Elsevier, 2006) Nasr Yousef M.J. Omar; Tan Chin Mon; Noorsaadah A. Rahman; M. Radzi Bin Abas
    The concentrations and distributions of particle bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) collected over a 10 month period in ambient environment, at street levels as well as during a hazy episode are reported. Ambient and street level distributions of PAHs were similar and their occurrence was attributed to vehicular emissions. However, in haze particles, a different pattern of PAHs was observed, characterized by relatively low levels of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) and high levels of benzofluoranthenes (BFs).
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    Environment and air pollution: health services bequeath to grotesque menace
    (Springer, 2014) Muhammad Imran Qureshi; Amran Md. Rasli; Usama Awan; Jian Ma; Ghulam Ali; Faridullah; Arif Alam; Faiza Sajjad; Khalid Zaman
    The objective of the study is to establish the link between air pollution, fossil fuel energy consumption, industrialization, alternative and nuclear energy, combustible renewable and wastes, urbanization, and resulting impact on health services in Malaysia. The study employed two-stage least square regression technique on the time series data from 1975 to 2012 to possibly minimize the problem of endogeniety in the health services model.