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Short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Klang valley, Malaysia / Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin

The problem of urban air pollution is felt worldwide and transcends national boundaries. Malaysia’s goal to be a fully industrialized country by 2020 has started impacting on the quality of air in major cities. The main objective of this study is to estimate the mortality risk attributed to air poll...

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Main Author: Wan Mahiyuddin, Wan Rozita
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2012
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Malaysia
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spelling my.uitm.ir.191032018-06-11T00:59:16Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19103/ Short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Klang valley, Malaysia / Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin Wan Mahiyuddin, Wan Rozita Malaysia The problem of urban air pollution is felt worldwide and transcends national boundaries. Malaysia’s goal to be a fully industrialized country by 2020 has started impacting on the quality of air in major cities. The main objective of this study is to estimate the mortality risk attributed to air pollution in Klang Valley, Malaysia, based on a sevenyear daily data from 2000 to 2006. The mortality data were provided by the Statistics Department. The daily level of five main pollutants, namely, particulate matter less than 10 g/m3 (PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3) and carbon monoxide (CO ) were obtained from the Department of Environment, while relevant meteorological information was obtained from the Meteorological Services Department. Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2012 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19103/1/ABS_WAN%20ROZITA%20WAN%20MAHYUDDIN%20TDRA%20VOL%201%20IGS%2012.pdf Wan Mahiyuddin, Wan Rozita (2012) Short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Klang valley, Malaysia / Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin. In: The Doctoral Research Abstracts. IPSis Biannual Publication, 1 . Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM, Shah Alam.
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Wan Mahiyuddin, Wan Rozita
Short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Klang valley, Malaysia / Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin
description The problem of urban air pollution is felt worldwide and transcends national boundaries. Malaysia’s goal to be a fully industrialized country by 2020 has started impacting on the quality of air in major cities. The main objective of this study is to estimate the mortality risk attributed to air pollution in Klang Valley, Malaysia, based on a sevenyear daily data from 2000 to 2006. The mortality data were provided by the Statistics Department. The daily level of five main pollutants, namely, particulate matter less than 10 g/m3 (PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3) and carbon monoxide (CO ) were obtained from the Department of Environment, while relevant meteorological information was obtained from the Meteorological Services Department.
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title Short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Klang valley, Malaysia / Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin
title_short Short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Klang valley, Malaysia / Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin
title_full Short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Klang valley, Malaysia / Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin
title_fullStr Short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Klang valley, Malaysia / Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin
title_full_unstemmed Short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Klang valley, Malaysia / Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin
title_sort short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the klang valley, malaysia / wan rozita wan mahiyuddin
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