RESEARCH
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Year 2006 
A Study To Determine Health Effects Of Swimming In Coastal Recreational Waters (Dr Sumiitra Sithamparam )
To Study The Prevalence of Leptospirosis With Emphasis in Recreational Environments (Dr Sumiitra Sithamparam )
Preliminary Study On DNA Damage Among Traffic Police Officers Due To Exposure To Air Pollutants (Dr Nur Suffia Sulaiman)
Impact of Air Pollution on Mortality Using Remote Sensing in Klang Valley (Dr Nik Muhammad Nizam Nik Hassan )
Optimization of IMS-FITC Method For Recovery and Detection of Viable Cryptosporidium sp. (Dr Nik Muhammad Nizam Nik Hassan)
PCR Detection of Viable Cryptosporidium Parvum (Dr Nik Muhammad Nizam Nik Hassan )
Preliminary Study On DNA Damage Among Traffic Police Officers Due To Exposure To Air Pollutants (Dr Nur Suffia Sulaiman)
Blood and Hair Lead Level of Students Of a University in Kuala Lumpur (Ms Zurahanim Fasha Annual )
Urinary Spenylmerapturic Acid (SPMA) level among traffic police officers due to Exposure to Benzene (Ms Zurahanim Fasha Annual )
Private water supply in Palm Oil Estate: Its Quality & Health Impacts (Ms Zurahanim Fasha Annual )
Neurotoxicity Symptoms Among Vector Control Staff, Ministry of Health Malaysia ( Ms Zuraifah Asrah Mohamad)
Clostridium perfringes in Marine Water ( Ms Florence Lee Chi Hiong )
Clostridium perfringes in River Water ( Ms Florence Lee Chi Hiong )
Clostridium perfringes in River Sediments (Ms Florence Lee Chi Hiong )
Occurrence of F–specific Coliphages and Somatic Coliphages from Different Faecal Sources in the Tropical Environment, Malaysia. ( Ms Yit Yok Heong )
Coliphages As Microbiological Indicator For Drinking Water Quality. (Ms Yit Yok Heong)
A Baseline Study to Identify And to Assess The Amount Of Litter And / Or Garbage At Coastal Recreational Beaches ( Ms Usha Devi Nagaiah )
Immunological Exposure of MLT College Students to Legionella. (Dr Leela Anthony)
Prevalence of Silicosis Among Quarry Workers in Peninsular Malaysia. (Dr Rafiza Bt Shaharudin)
Microbial Risk Assessment of Drinking Water Distributed From Sg Semenyih Water Treatment Plant . (Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman)
Development and Assessment of Proposed Environmental Health Indictor. (Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman)
On Going Further Projects
Water Quality : Quality Indicator, Risk And Health Impact. (Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman)
Air Pollution : Risk And Impact of Eposure on Halth Environment Health Indicator. (Dr Lokman Hakin Sulaiman)
Year 2005
A study of health effects of air pollution in Klang valley Air Quality (Dr Mazrura Sahani)
Mercury Exposure Among Oral Health Personnel . (Dr Mazrura Sahani)
Climate Change and its relationship to disease patterns in Malaysia – a retrospective study. (Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman)
Health effects from exposure to recreational waters at a popular tourist beach. (Dr Sumitra Sithamparam)
Assessment of exposure to selected contaminants in the vegetable diet among population of Selangor , Malaysia . (Ms Nurul Izzah Ahmad)
A study of coliphage density in sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the Semenyih catchment. (Ms Yit Yok Heong)
Prevalence of coliphages & Clostridium perfingens in the Malaysian community – a preliminary study (Ms Yit Yok Heong/ Ms Florence Lee)
Legionella in cooling towers in IMR – is there a problem? (Dr Leela Anthony)
Hair lead levels among university students in Shah Alam, Selangor.
(Ms Zurahanim Fasha Annual)
Cholinesterase activity among vector control unit personnel in Selangor. (Ms Zuraifah Asrah Mohamad)
Detection of Cryptosporidium parvum in treated water.
(Dr Nik Muhd Nizam Nik Hassan)
Year 2004
Preliminary study of water quality parameters to establish Drinking Water Quality Index Phase 1 (Ambu S & Low LG)
 DW sampling station
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 Raw water sampling
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 Performing Free Chlorine and Total Chlorine analysis on-site to determine the residual chlorine of the treated water.
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 Performing physical parameters e.g. pH, temperature, turbidity and dissolved oxygen (DO) on the treated water. |
 Sampling and on-site physical parameters testing of treated water at one of the treated water sampling station.
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 One of the treated water sampling station located in front of the post office at Pekan Sg. Pelek. |
Indoor Air Quality (Amby S & Tan WH)
Health impact assessments of air pollution in Klang Valley (Mazrura S & GTZ)
 
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| Severe particulate air pollution compared with a clearer day at Kuching, Sarawak, 1997. (Photos courtesy of Sarawak Health Dept.) |
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 Open burning is another source of local air pollution
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 Cement factory silos in
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Assessment of exposure to selected contaminants in the vegetable diet among population of Selangor State (Nurul I & UKM)
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Food weighing and segregation
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Dietary Survey – household and market survey and body weight is taken for risk assessment
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 Gas Chromatograph - Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) for pesticides testing
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 Inductive Couple Plasma – Mass Spectrometer (ICPMS) for heavy metals testing
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Investigations of microbiological contaminants, with special emphasis on Cryptosporidium (water pathogens) in Malaysian bottled and mineral water ( Mastura AB )
Year 2003
Preliminary study of water quality parameters to establish Drinking Water Quality Index Phase 1 (Ambu S & Low LG)
Indoor Air Quality (Amby S & Tan WH)
Public health study for the implementation of hydro-letric project: updates of detailed environmental impact assessment (DEIA) study.(Sahani M,RH,Raden Shamilah,Vythilingam I,S Lokman Hakim and S Nur Suffia)
A study on health effects of air pollution in Klang.
Dietary survey-Estimating vegetable consumption among Malaysian adults for risk assessment purposes.(Nurul Izzah A, Aminah A, Wan Rozita WM, Md Pouzi A, Lee YH, Siti Fatimah,Sarina A and Jamal Khair H)
Year 2002
Health assessment of transboundary haze from South East Asian forest fires in Malaysia (continued from the previous year) (Ambu S, Malilay J, Balluz L, Batts-Osborne D, Daley WR, Grainger J & Dodson C)
 Collecting environmental sample, household dust media at one of the long-house at Lubok Antu, Sarawak.
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 Baseline cross-sectional study to obtain current biologic exposures to the constituents of haze among children aged 12 years or younger, identified from the retrospective study.
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 Children with 3M™ 3510 organic vapor monitoring (OVM) badges on their clothing for at least 8 hours to provide readings of VOCs in the immediate environment
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Peak-flow testing, one of the medical assessment performed on the study children.
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 Pulse oximetry, another medical assessment performed on the study children.
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 Physical examination was performed on the study children.
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 Physical examination was performed on study children.
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 Baseline cross-sectional household survey was carried out at the home of selected children to risk factors for respiratory and ophthalmologic illnesses related to the haze period .
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Harmonising environment and health policy and practice (Ambu S, Powis B, S Asmaliza I, Lee LS, Mazlin M & Abdul Mujid A)
Assessment of exposure to selected contaminants in the vegetable diet among population of Selangor State , Malaysia (Nurul Izzah A, Aminah A, Md Pauzi A & Lee YH)
Year 2001
Pesticide residues (organochlorines) of water resources in the Semenyih Catchment areas (Nurul Izzah A, S Ambu, Lee YH & Siti Fatimah D)
Determination of pesticide and herbicide residues in water from recreational areas: Lake Titiwangsa and Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) (Nurul Izzah A, S Ambu, Siti Fatimah D & Maspura M)
Preliminary investigations of Cryptosporidium (water pathogen) contamination in children wading pool in Kuala Lumpur ( Mastura AB , Hasnah O & S Ambu)
 Connecting water pipe in a wading pool for water vacuuming procedure
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 Grab sample water collection for isolation and detection of water parasites
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 Laboratory analysis: scraping of filter membrane for the isolation of water parasites ‘oocysts' (“washing process”)
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 Laboratory analysis: Preparing slides for detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts
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A preliminary study of a recreational waterway: Lake Titiwangsa (Sithamparam S, Ambu S, Nagaiah U, Lee PC, Loh WM & Nawi M)
Assessing the suitability of the WHO Healthy Workplace Guidelines for Malaysian Industry (S Ambu & B Powis)
Health assessment of transboundary haze from South East Asian forest fires in Malaysia ( S Ambu , LG Low, J Malilay, L Balluz, D Batts-Osborne, WR Daley, J Grainger & C Dodson)
Year 2000
A study of coliphages as indicator of faecal pollution in the Semenyih Catchment (Ambu S & Yit YH)
Evaluation of the Gravity Feed System (GFS) water supply compared to the conventional water treatment with special emphasis on microbiological contamination in Peninsular Malaysia – a preliminary study (continued from 1999) (Mastura AB, Ambu S, Hasnah O & Zamani B) |
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 Collecting water sample for bacteriology analysis
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Evaluation of the ImmunoMagnetic Separation Technique (IMS Technique) for the isolation of Cryptosporidium oocysts from seeded water samples ( Mastuar AB , Hasnah O, Shamili V & Ambu S)
Screening for herbicide (paraquat dichloride and diquat dibromide) in river water from the Semenyih Catchment area – a preliminary study (Nurul Izzah A, Lee YH, Siti FD, Tan KF & Ambu S)
Assessment of exposure to selected pesticides and heavy metals: total diet study for Hulu Langat district (Nurul Izzah A & Ambu S)
Pilot sanitary survey of a popular tourist beach (Sithamparam S, Ambu S, Nagaiah U, Loh WM, Lee PC & Nawi M)
Setting up apparatus for on-field testing of physical parameters |
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 Collecting water sample for bacteriology analysis
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Laboratory analysis: coliphage test
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 Laboratory analysis: coliphage test (checking agar plates)
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 Laboratory analysis: counting of Clostridium colonies
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 Laboratory analysis: colilert/enterolert test
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 Laboratory analysis: colilert/enterolert test
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The role of community in action on Environmental Health issues: expert and community responses in Malaysia (Mazrura S)
Policy and practice in Environmental Management for Health: a case study of the Semenyih Catchment ( S Asmaliza I, Valerie AB & Ambu S)
Year 1999
Identification of non-pathogenic viruses (F-Specific RNA coliphages) as indicators of water pollution in Malaysia (Stephen A & Yit YH)
The particulate air pollution during the 1997 haze and deaths – is there an association? (Mazrura S, Bin Jalaludin, Azman M & Maslah D)
Investigation of transmission of Nipah virus infection among abattoir workers (Mazrura S, Parashar UD, Ali R, Das P, Lye MS, Isa MM, Arif MT, Ksiazek TG, Sivamoorthy M & Nipah Encephalitis Outbreak Investigation Group)
Pesticides exposures among farmers and their health effects (Mazrura S, Zakiah I, Norizah A, Ambu S, Fairulnizal MN & Hasan AR)
Evaluation of the Gravity Feed System (GFS) water supply compared to the conventional water treatment with special emphasis on microbiological contamination in Peninsular Malaysia – a preliminary study ( Mastura AB , Ambu S, Hasnah O & Zamani B)
Determination of organochlorine residues in Malaysian poultry products and mixed feed by using gas chromatography method (Nurul Izzah A, Ambu S, Azman AB , Halizah O & M Jamil R)
Year 1998
An evaluation of the environment and health in the Semenyih Catchment area in Selangor. Stage 1: water quality assessment and its relation to health (Ambu S)
Immediate effects of haze on mortality and morbidity (Mazrura S)
Indications of water pollutants using metal metabolism and toxicity in the tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus ) under field and laboratory conditions ( S Asmaliza I)
Determination of organophosphorous residues (malathion) in Malaysia poultry products by using the high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method (Nurul Izzah A)
Environmental Health Impact Assessment (for the proposed 2 x 500 MW coal-fired power plant for IPP/Maritime Terminal Development at Pulau Bunting, Kedah) (Mazrura S, S Asmaliza I, Nurul Izzah A & Ambu S)
Surveillance of water quality for the Commonwealth Games Village , Kuala Lumpur ( Mastura AB , Hasnah O & Ambu S)
Indoor Air Quality Monitoring (of the indoor stadiums) for the 16 th Commonwealth Games (Ambu S, Mazrura S & Loh WM)
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