Transboundary smoke haze pollution in Malaysia: Inpatient health impacts and economic valuation

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 189, Issue , 2014, Pages 194-201

  Othman, Jamal ^a   Sahani, Mazrura ^a   Mahmud, Mastura ^a   Sheikh Ahmad, Md Khadzir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dose response function; Economic valuation of smoke haze; Indonesian source smoke haze; Smoke haze episodes in Malaysia; Smoke haze impact on inpatient cases; Transboundary smoke haze pollution

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH; LOSSES; POLLUTION;

DOSE-RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; HAZE POLLUTIONS; INDONESIAN-SOURCE SMOKE HAZE; MALAYSIA;

SMOKE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZE; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKE;

KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; SELANGOR; WEST MALAYSIA;

DOSE-RESPONSE FUNCTION; ECONOMIC VALUATION OF SMOKE HAZE; INDONESIAN-SOURCE SMOKE HAZE; SMOKE HAZE EPISODES IN MALAYSIA; SMOKE HAZE IMPACT ON INPATIENT CASES; TRANSBOUNDARY SMOKE HAZE POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALAYSIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKE;

EID: 84897444757     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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