A case-crossover analysis of forest fire haze events and mortality in Malaysia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 257-265

  Sahani, Mazrura ^a   Zainon, Nurul Ashikin ^a   Wan Mahiyuddin, Wan Rozita ^b   Latif, Mohd Talib ^a   Hod, Rozita ^c   Khan, Md Firoz ^a   Tahir, Norhayati Mohd ^d   Chan, Chang Chuan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Case crossover; Haze; Malaysia; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DEFORESTATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; LANDFORMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CASE CROSSOVERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HAZE; MALAYSIA; METEOROLOGICAL INFLUENCE; MORTALITY; PM10 CONCENTRATION;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST FIRE; HAZE; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIRECTIONAL SELECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FIRE ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRE HAZE EVENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STUDY DESIGN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VISIBILITY;

AIR POLLUTION; DEFORESTATION; FIRES; MALAYSIA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

KLANG VALLEY; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84905269755     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.07.043     Document Type: Article

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