Urban environmental health: Respiratory illness and urban factors in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia
Date
2011
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Thai Society of Higher Eduation Institutes on Environment
Abstract
With increasing urbanisation, more people are now staying in urban built environments, even though the conditions of the urban environments may not be conducive to urban residents' health. However, with the lack of health data of urban residents, very few studies have been conducted to examine the relationship between urban factors and city residents' health especially in developing countries. Therefore, the objectives of this paper are to examine the rate of respiratory illness (acute respiratory infection and asthma) among residents of Kuala Lumpur City and also to investigate the relationship between the respiratory health rate and urban factors.,
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acute respiratory infection (ARI), air quality, health, respiratory illness, urban
Citation
Leh, L., Shaharuddin, A., Kadaruddin, A., Yaakob, M. J., & Hwa, T. (2011). Urban environmental health: respiratory illness and urban factors in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia. Environment Asia, 4(1), 39-46.