Mazrura Sahani

TL;DR: In this article, the concentration and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in ambient air were determined at two sites within the Klang Valley, Kuala Lumpur (urban, KL) and Petaling Jaya (industrial, PJ), and one site outside the KL Valley, Bangi (semi-urban, BG).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated distribution and sources of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) bound to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) captured in a semi-urban area in Malaysia during different seasons, and to assess their health risks.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantitatively characterized the health risks posed to human populations through the inhalation of selected heavy metals in PM2.5 using inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) and ion chromatography (IC), respectively.

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential origin, chemical compositions, impacts and mitigation strategies of haze in Malaysia were reviewed, where agricultural activities, deforestation and oil palm plantations on peat areas, particularly in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia were identified as the contributing factors to high intensity combustions that results in transboundary haze.

TL;DR: The epidemiological legacy that has dominated infectious disease research and control up until now is outlined, and the role of new, transdisciplinary and systems-based approaches to emerging infectious diseases are introduced.