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Review of air pollution and health impacts in Malaysia

In the early days of abundant resources and minimal development pressures, little attention was paid to growing environmental concerns in Malaysia. The haze episodes in Southeast Asia in 1983, 1984, 1991, 1994, and 1997 imposed threats to the environmental management of Malaysia and increased aware...

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Main Authors: Rafia, Afroz, Hassan, Mohd Nasir, Ibrahim, Akma Ibrahim
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science 2003
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H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling my.iium.irep.64882011-11-30T03:28:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6488/ Review of air pollution and health impacts in Malaysia Rafia, Afroz Hassan, Mohd Nasir Ibrahim, Akma Ibrahim H Social Sciences (General) In the early days of abundant resources and minimal development pressures, little attention was paid to growing environmental concerns in Malaysia. The haze episodes in Southeast Asia in 1983, 1984, 1991, 1994, and 1997 imposed threats to the environmental management of Malaysia and increased awareness of the environment. As a consequence, the government established Malaysian Air QualityGuidelines, the Air Pollution Index, and the Haze Action Plan to improve air quality. Air quality monitoring is part of t program in Malaysia. Review of air pollution in Malaysia is based on the reports of the air quality monitoring in several large cities in Malaysia, which cover air pollutants such as Carbon monoxide (CO), Sul Dioxide (NO2), Ozone (O3), and Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM). The results of the monitoring indicate that Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO such as CO, Ox, SO2, and Pb are also observed in several big cities in Malaysia. The air pollution comes mainly from land transportation, industrial emissions, and open burning sources. Among them, land transportation contributes the most to air pollution. This paper reviews the results of the ambient air quality monitoring and studies related to air pollution and health impacts. Elsevier Science 2003 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6488/1/Document1.pdf Rafia, Afroz and Hassan, Mohd Nasir and Ibrahim, Akma Ibrahim (2003) Review of air pollution and health impacts in Malaysia. Environmental Research, 92 (2). pp. 71-77. ISSN 0013-9351 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935102000592 10.1016/S0013-9351(02)00059-2
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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country Malaysia
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
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Rafia, Afroz
Hassan, Mohd Nasir
Ibrahim, Akma Ibrahim
Review of air pollution and health impacts in Malaysia
description In the early days of abundant resources and minimal development pressures, little attention was paid to growing environmental concerns in Malaysia. The haze episodes in Southeast Asia in 1983, 1984, 1991, 1994, and 1997 imposed threats to the environmental management of Malaysia and increased awareness of the environment. As a consequence, the government established Malaysian Air QualityGuidelines, the Air Pollution Index, and the Haze Action Plan to improve air quality. Air quality monitoring is part of t program in Malaysia. Review of air pollution in Malaysia is based on the reports of the air quality monitoring in several large cities in Malaysia, which cover air pollutants such as Carbon monoxide (CO), Sul Dioxide (NO2), Ozone (O3), and Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM). The results of the monitoring indicate that Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO such as CO, Ox, SO2, and Pb are also observed in several big cities in Malaysia. The air pollution comes mainly from land transportation, industrial emissions, and open burning sources. Among them, land transportation contributes the most to air pollution. This paper reviews the results of the ambient air quality monitoring and studies related to air pollution and health impacts.
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author Rafia, Afroz
Hassan, Mohd Nasir
Ibrahim, Akma Ibrahim
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Hassan, Mohd Nasir
Ibrahim, Akma Ibrahim
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title Review of air pollution and health impacts in Malaysia
title_short Review of air pollution and health impacts in Malaysia
title_full Review of air pollution and health impacts in Malaysia
title_fullStr Review of air pollution and health impacts in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Review of air pollution and health impacts in Malaysia
title_sort review of air pollution and health impacts in malaysia
publisher Elsevier Science
publishDate 2003
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/6488/1/Document1.pdf
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