Risk of concentrations of major air pollutants on the prevalence of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in urbanized area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date
2019
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Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
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.
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Keywords
Urban air pollution, Trace gases, Cardiovascular diseases, Respiratory diseases, Relative risks
Citation
Tajudin, M. A. B. A., Khan, M. F., Mahiyuddin, W. R. W., Hod, R., Latif, M. T., Hamid, A. H., ... & Sahani, M. (2019). Risk of concentrations of major air pollutants on the prevalence of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in urbanized area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 171, 290-300.