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Health and the environment in peninsular Malaysia: geographical variation and imperatives

This paper attempts to show the association of health status and environmental conditions. The former is measured in terms of infant mortality rate and crude death rate whilst the latter in terms of accessibility to water supply and adequate sanitation, household size, level of urbanization, road de...

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Main Author: Asmah Ahmad,
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Published: Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2001
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2171/
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spelling my-ukm.journal.21712011-07-05T03:42:08Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2171/ Health and the environment in peninsular Malaysia: geographical variation and imperatives Asmah Ahmad, This paper attempts to show the association of health status and environmental conditions. The former is measured in terms of infant mortality rate and crude death rate whilst the latter in terms of accessibility to water supply and adequate sanitation, household size, level of urbanization, road density and number of motorized vehicles per 10,000 population. The utilization of these variables as explanatory factors for health is carried out as strong relationship are found to exist between health and urban structure, since the incidence of many diseases is dependent upon population density, sanitation and environmental quality. When these associations were applied spatially, a pattern of geographical variation from among the states in Peninsular Malaysia was revealed. States with relatively better health status are those that were found enjoying relatively higher accessibility to water supply and adequate sanitation, smaller household size and lower degree of urbanization or, in other words, better environmental quality Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2001 Article PeerReviewed Asmah Ahmad, (2001) Health and the environment in peninsular Malaysia: geographical variation and imperatives. Malaysian Journal of Environmental Management, 2 . pp. 99-112. ISSN 1511-7855 http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html
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description This paper attempts to show the association of health status and environmental conditions. The former is measured in terms of infant mortality rate and crude death rate whilst the latter in terms of accessibility to water supply and adequate sanitation, household size, level of urbanization, road density and number of motorized vehicles per 10,000 population. The utilization of these variables as explanatory factors for health is carried out as strong relationship are found to exist between health and urban structure, since the incidence of many diseases is dependent upon population density, sanitation and environmental quality. When these associations were applied spatially, a pattern of geographical variation from among the states in Peninsular Malaysia was revealed. States with relatively better health status are those that were found enjoying relatively higher accessibility to water supply and adequate sanitation, smaller household size and lower degree of urbanization or, in other words, better environmental quality
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Health and the environment in peninsular Malaysia: geographical variation and imperatives
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title Health and the environment in peninsular Malaysia: geographical variation and imperatives
title_short Health and the environment in peninsular Malaysia: geographical variation and imperatives
title_full Health and the environment in peninsular Malaysia: geographical variation and imperatives
title_fullStr Health and the environment in peninsular Malaysia: geographical variation and imperatives
title_full_unstemmed Health and the environment in peninsular Malaysia: geographical variation and imperatives
title_sort health and the environment in peninsular malaysia: geographical variation and imperatives
publisher Environmental Management Society, Malaysia
publishDate 2001
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http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html
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