Air quality and human health in urban settlement: Case study of Kuala Lumpur city

CSSR 2010 - 2010 International Conference on Science and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 510-515

  Oliver Ling, Hoon Leh ^a   Ting, Kien Hwa ^a   Shaharuddin, Ahmad ^b   Kadaruddin, Aiyub ^b   Yaakob, Mohd Jani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ambient air quality; city planning; environmental health; indicators

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY LEVELS; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEALTH CONDITION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN HEALTH; POPULATION GROWTH; TRAFFIC GENERATION; TRANS-BOUNDARY;

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESEARCH;

HEALTH;

EID: 79959656373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSSR.2010.5773831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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