Association of particulate matter (PM) with respiratory symptoms among children in selected primary schools in Pahang

Particulate matter (PM) is one of the primary pollutants found in the indoor environment. It can cause deterioration of the indoor air quality (IAQ) and is often linked with adverse health effects especially towards susceptible subgroup of the population like children. School children are exposed to...

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Main Authors:	Zahaba, Maryam, Abdul Hadi, Hazrin, A., Hizrri, A., Norhidayah, Samsuddin, Niza, Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri
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Language:	English
Published:	Zibeline International Publishing 2018
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling	iium-651072019-03-04T01:29:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65107/ Association of particulate matter (PM) with respiratory symptoms among children in selected primary schools in Pahang Zahaba, Maryam Abdul Hadi, Hazrin A., Hizrri A., Norhidayah Samsuddin, Niza Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Particulate matter (PM) is one of the primary pollutants found in the indoor environment. It can cause deterioration of the indoor air quality (IAQ) and is often linked with adverse health effects especially towards susceptible subgroup of the population like children. School children are exposed to PM inside the classroom, as this indoor PM may originate from both indoor and outdoor sources. Furthermore, ambient surrounding could be one of the major factors that contribute to its high concentration, specifically for school environment like government-subsidized schools in Malaysia whereby the schools are using natural ventilation systems to control the thermal comfort inside the classrooms. Hence the infiltration of outdoor PM into the indoor is probably high and significant. The high concentration of PM may affect the children’s health and learning performances. Due to this reason, it is important to study the effects of PM towards children. Thus, this study aims to assess the concentrations of PM and selected IAQ parameters in the school indoor environment with distinct background characteristics including residential, industrial, and rural areas. PM and IAQ parameters (temperature, relative humidity (RH), carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2)) were assessed for 8-hours duration via DustMate Environmental Dust Detector (Turnkey Instruments, USA) and VelociCalc® Multi-Function Ventilation Meter 9565 (TSI®, USA) respectively, during occupied and non-occupied time in the classrooms. Second, considering the children’s prolonged and repetitive exposure towards PM in school indoor environment and their body sensitivity, this study also screened for the prevalence of non-specific respiratory disease (NSRD) and persistent cough and phlegm (PCP) among children via structured questionnaire developed by American Thoracic Society’s Division of Lung Diseases (ATS-DLD-78-C). Higher concentrations of PM and prevalence of respiratory symptoms in the school from the industrial area were expected, due to the high concentration of PM originated from nearby industrial activities and anthropogenic sources. Hopefully, better understanding and insights on the issue were obtained through this study. Zibeline International Publishing 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65107/7/65107%20Association%20of%20particulate%20matter.pdf Zahaba, Maryam and Abdul Hadi, Hazrin and A., Hizrri and A., Norhidayah and Samsuddin, Niza and Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri (2018) Association of particulate matter (PM) with respiratory symptoms among children in selected primary schools in Pahang. Journal CleanWAS, 1 (2). pp. 11-15. ISSN 2521-0912 E-ISSN 2521-0513 https://www.zibelinepub.com/association-of-particulate-matter-pm-with-respiratory-symptoms-among-children-in-selected-primary-schools-in-pahang/ 10.26480/jcleanwas.01.2018.11.15
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spellingShingle	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Zahaba, Maryam Abdul Hadi, Hazrin A., Hizrri A., Norhidayah Samsuddin, Niza Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri Association of particulate matter (PM) with respiratory symptoms among children in selected primary schools in Pahang
description	Particulate matter (PM) is one of the primary pollutants found in the indoor environment. It can cause deterioration of the indoor air quality (IAQ) and is often linked with adverse health effects especially towards susceptible subgroup of the population like children. School children are exposed to PM inside the classroom, as this indoor PM may originate from both indoor and outdoor sources. Furthermore, ambient surrounding could be one of the major factors that contribute to its high concentration, specifically for school environment like government-subsidized schools in Malaysia whereby the schools are using natural ventilation systems to control the thermal comfort inside the classrooms. Hence the infiltration of outdoor PM into the indoor is probably high and significant. The high concentration of PM may affect the children’s health and learning performances. Due to this reason, it is important to study the effects of PM towards children. Thus, this study aims to assess the concentrations of PM and selected IAQ parameters in the school indoor environment with distinct background characteristics including residential, industrial, and rural areas. PM and IAQ parameters (temperature, relative humidity (RH), carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2)) were assessed for 8-hours duration via DustMate Environmental Dust Detector (Turnkey Instruments, USA) and VelociCalc® Multi-Function Ventilation Meter 9565 (TSI®, USA) respectively, during occupied and non-occupied time in the classrooms. Second, considering the children’s prolonged and repetitive exposure towards PM in school indoor environment and their body sensitivity, this study also screened for the prevalence of non-specific respiratory disease (NSRD) and persistent cough and phlegm (PCP) among children via structured questionnaire developed by American Thoracic Society’s Division of Lung Diseases (ATS-DLD-78-C). Higher concentrations of PM and prevalence of respiratory symptoms in the school from the industrial area were expected, due to the high concentration of PM originated from nearby industrial activities and anthropogenic sources. Hopefully, better understanding and insights on the issue were obtained through this study.
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author	Zahaba, Maryam Abdul Hadi, Hazrin A., Hizrri A., Norhidayah Samsuddin, Niza Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri
author_facet	Zahaba, Maryam Abdul Hadi, Hazrin A., Hizrri A., Norhidayah Samsuddin, Niza Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri
author_sort	Zahaba, Maryam
title	Association of particulate matter (PM) with respiratory symptoms among children in selected primary schools in Pahang
title_short	Association of particulate matter (PM) with respiratory symptoms among children in selected primary schools in Pahang
title_full	Association of particulate matter (PM) with respiratory symptoms among children in selected primary schools in Pahang
title_fullStr	Association of particulate matter (PM) with respiratory symptoms among children in selected primary schools in Pahang
title_full_unstemmed	Association of particulate matter (PM) with respiratory symptoms among children in selected primary schools in Pahang
title_sort	association of particulate matter (pm) with respiratory symptoms among children in selected primary schools in pahang
publisher	Zibeline International Publishing
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/65107/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65107/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65107/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65107/7/65107%20Association%20of%20particulate%20matter.pdf
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Association of particulate matter (PM) with respiratory symptoms among children in selected primary schools in Pahang

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