The association of reported respiratory symptoms among children in Malaysia with particulate matter exposure in municipal solid waste landfills
Background: Prolonged exposure of heavy metals in the respirable particulate matter (PM10) from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills may affect children health. Objective: To investigate the association of reported respiratory symptom with heavy metals in PM10, with heavy metals in fingernails amon...
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| author | Jamaluddin, Dora Esphylin Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah Praveena, Sarva Mangala Hashim, Zailina Zainal Abidin, Emilia |
| author_facet | Jamaluddin, Dora Esphylin Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah Praveena, Sarva Mangala Hashim, Zailina Zainal Abidin, Emilia |
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| description | Background: Prolonged exposure of heavy metals in the respirable particulate matter (PM10) from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills may affect children health. Objective: To investigate the association of reported respiratory symptom with heavy metals in PM10, with heavy metals in fingernails among children residing close to MSW landfills. Methods: Two groups of children age 7 to 12 years old were involved in this cross-sectional study. Those residing within 3 km radius from a landfill were the exposed group and those residing more than 3 km radius as the unexposed group. Questionnaires adapted from American Thoracic Society were applied in the survey. Fingernails were used as biomarker. Ten heavy metals elements in PM and fingernail samples were analysed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Results: The cadmium, chromium, copper, manganese, nickel and lead concentrations in PM around the MSW landfills and residential areas exceeded the Canada and USEPA standard permissible limit. Heavy metals in fingernails (p<0.001) of exposed group were significantly higher than the unexposed group. Children with no pets have less reported respiratory symptoms. Elevated level of heavy metals in PM and fingernails were associated with high risk of reported respiratory symptoms. Conclusion: Heavy metals in PM10 and fingernails were associated with potential risk factor of respiratory health in children. |
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| spelling | upm-661362019-02-11T03:55:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66136/ The association of reported respiratory symptoms among children in Malaysia with particulate matter exposure in municipal solid waste landfills Jamaluddin, Dora Esphylin Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah Praveena, Sarva Mangala Hashim, Zailina Zainal Abidin, Emilia Background: Prolonged exposure of heavy metals in the respirable particulate matter (PM10) from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills may affect children health. Objective: To investigate the association of reported respiratory symptom with heavy metals in PM10, with heavy metals in fingernails among children residing close to MSW landfills. Methods: Two groups of children age 7 to 12 years old were involved in this cross-sectional study. Those residing within 3 km radius from a landfill were the exposed group and those residing more than 3 km radius as the unexposed group. Questionnaires adapted from American Thoracic Society were applied in the survey. Fingernails were used as biomarker. Ten heavy metals elements in PM and fingernail samples were analysed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Results: The cadmium, chromium, copper, manganese, nickel and lead concentrations in PM around the MSW landfills and residential areas exceeded the Canada and USEPA standard permissible limit. Heavy metals in fingernails (p<0.001) of exposed group were significantly higher than the unexposed group. Children with no pets have less reported respiratory symptoms. Elevated level of heavy metals in PM and fingernails were associated with high risk of reported respiratory symptoms. Conclusion: Heavy metals in PM10 and fingernails were associated with potential risk factor of respiratory health in children. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66136/1/2018080308584301_MJMHS_Aug_2018.pdf Jamaluddin, Dora Esphylin and Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah and Praveena, Sarva Mangala and Hashim, Zailina and Zainal Abidin, Emilia (2018) The association of reported respiratory symptoms among children in Malaysia with particulate matter exposure in municipal solid waste landfills. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 14 (SP1). pp. 2-11. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346 http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2018080308584301_MJMHS_Aug_2018.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Jamaluddin, Dora Esphylin Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah Praveena, Sarva Mangala Hashim, Zailina Zainal Abidin, Emilia The association of reported respiratory symptoms among children in Malaysia with particulate matter exposure in municipal solid waste landfills |
| title | The association of reported respiratory symptoms among children in Malaysia with particulate matter exposure in municipal solid waste landfills |
| title_full | The association of reported respiratory symptoms among children in Malaysia with particulate matter exposure in municipal solid waste landfills |
| title_fullStr | The association of reported respiratory symptoms among children in Malaysia with particulate matter exposure in municipal solid waste landfills |
| title_full_unstemmed | The association of reported respiratory symptoms among children in Malaysia with particulate matter exposure in municipal solid waste landfills |
| title_short | The association of reported respiratory symptoms among children in Malaysia with particulate matter exposure in municipal solid waste landfills |
| title_sort | association of reported respiratory symptoms among children in malaysia with particulate matter exposure in municipal solid waste landfills |
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