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Environmental Health
Research Centre (EHRC)
The Environmental Health Research Centre (EHRC) consists of three units. These
are the Health Risk Assessment Unit, Occupational Health Research Unit and
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE (EHRC) EHRC objectives are:
Climate Change Unit.
Providing leadership in activities for consultation,
01 the domain of environmental health, occupational
research, development, education and training in
health and health impacts
02 Conducting studies on environmental impacts
which identify and measure the influence of
environmental factors on human diseases in the
community and their risk assessments
EHRC Research
Research Title Principal
investigator
No. NMRR Number
Co-principal
investigator
The Effects of Temperature and
Heat Waves on Mortality and
1 Hospital Admissions in Malaysia NMRR-18-3875-41148 Dr Nik Muhammad
and the Impact Due to Climate Nizam Nik Hassan
Change
A Descriptive Study of Pregnancy
Adverse Outcome Among Dr Mohamad Iqbal
2 NMRR-19-2763-50882
Pregnant Women in Pasir Mazeli
Gudang, Johor
Assessment of Human Exposure Dr Muhammad
3 to Ambient PM 2.5 Pollution NMRR-19-3747-52136 Alfatih Pahrol
Using Smartphone Application
