The Klang Valley Region is the most urbanized region of Malaysia. As such the region has experienced much increased in the intensity and frequency of environmental hazards affecting the major environmental subsystems. Deterioration of environmental parameters could be observed within the air, water, land and biological components of the environment. Deterioration of environmental quality is clo...

The type of environmental hazards implicated in the aetiology of a consecutive series of 787 hip-fracture patients was prospectively studied. Most falls occurred between 09h00 and midday and there was no seasonal variation. Fifty-one different environmental hazards were implicated in the aetiology of the fall for 58% of patients. The nature of environmental hazards was diverse, implying that me...

Recently more emphasis has been placed on the importance of variables that mediate person-environment relations. This paper describes the Environmental Appraisal Inventory (EAI), which is designed to measure three dimensions of environmental appraisal: (a) threat to self; (b) threat to the environment posed by environmental hazards, and (c) perceived control over environmental hazards. Hazards ...

by insects, ticks, and other arthropods and mechanical vectors (vehicles). Also included within the scope of part one are the development, implementation and evaluation of intervention strategies to prevent, control or eliminate arthropod disease vector viral hazards and associated risks. Part two of the Environmental Health Insights Disease Vectors supplement focuses on bacterial agents transm...

background. There are a variety of potential hazards with laser technology. methods. A review of the literature. objective. To summarize the potential hazards of CO 2 and erbium laser technologies and the safety guidelines and equipment developed to minimize them. results. Laser hazards can be divided into the following categories: mechanical, environmental, macrobiologic, microbiologic, and ia...