The Impact of Air Pollution and Haze on Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases

Air pollution has been widely known to have an influence on health of the general population.Air pollution can result from natural causes, human activities and transboundary air pollution. Weather and climate play crucial role in determining the pattern of air quality. In recent years, air pollutio...

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Main Authors:	Norfazillah Ab Manan, Rozita Hod, Mazrura Sahani, Hanizah Mohd Yusoff, Rosnah Ismail, Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9702/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9702/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9702/1/vol_6_no_1_2016_92.pdf

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spelling	ukm-97022016-12-14T06:50:35Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9702/ The Impact of Air Pollution and Haze on Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases Norfazillah Ab Manan, Rozita Hod, Mazrura Sahani, Hanizah Mohd Yusoff, Rosnah Ismail, Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin, Air pollution has been widely known to have an influence on health of the general population.Air pollution can result from natural causes, human activities and transboundary air pollution. Weather and climate play crucial role in determining the pattern of air quality. In recent years, air pollution and recurrent episodes of haze has become a major concern in Malaysia. Surveillance data on concentrations of main air pollutants such as carbon dioxide, (CO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Ozone (O3), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and particulate matter (PM10) were found to be higher during the haze days and this may have an impact on health of the community as reflected by an increase in hospital admissions particularly the respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-04-18 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9702/1/vol_6_no_1_2016_92.pdf Norfazillah Ab Manan, and Rozita Hod, and Mazrura Sahani, and Hanizah Mohd Yusoff, and Rosnah Ismail, and Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin, (2016) The Impact of Air Pollution and Haze on Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases. International Journal of Public Health Research, 6 (1). pp. 707-712. ISSN 2232-0245 www.ijphr.ukm.my
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description	Air pollution has been widely known to have an influence on health of the general population.Air pollution can result from natural causes, human activities and transboundary air pollution. Weather and climate play crucial role in determining the pattern of air quality. In recent years, air pollution and recurrent episodes of haze has become a major concern in Malaysia. Surveillance data on concentrations of main air pollutants such as carbon dioxide, (CO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Ozone (O3), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and particulate matter (PM10) were found to be higher during the haze days and this may have an impact on health of the community as reflected by an increase in hospital admissions particularly the respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
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author	Norfazillah Ab Manan, Rozita Hod, Mazrura Sahani, Hanizah Mohd Yusoff, Rosnah Ismail, Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin,
spellingShingle	Norfazillah Ab Manan, Rozita Hod, Mazrura Sahani, Hanizah Mohd Yusoff, Rosnah Ismail, Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin, The Impact of Air Pollution and Haze on Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
author_facet	Norfazillah Ab Manan, Rozita Hod, Mazrura Sahani, Hanizah Mohd Yusoff, Rosnah Ismail, Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin,
author_sort	Norfazillah Ab Manan,
title	The Impact of Air Pollution and Haze on Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
title_short	The Impact of Air Pollution and Haze on Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
title_full	The Impact of Air Pollution and Haze on Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
title_fullStr	The Impact of Air Pollution and Haze on Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
title_full_unstemmed	The Impact of Air Pollution and Haze on Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
title_sort	impact of air pollution and haze on hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9702/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9702/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9702/1/vol_6_no_1_2016_92.pdf
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The Impact of Air Pollution and Haze on Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases

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