Urban air environmental health indicators for Kuala Lumpur city

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-191

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

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Air quality; Air related health; City; Indicators

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLLUTION;

KUALA LUMPUR [KUALA LUMPUR (ADS)]; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84855988566     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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