Overview
- Reports on a nationwide case study of public’s perception of RF-EMF in Malaysia
- Offers collective and cultural understanding of public perceptions on radiation risks
- Argues for a proactive and committed stakeholders to communicate and rectify the perception of radiation
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace (BRIEFSSECUR, volume 33)
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Dr. Farrah Dina Yusop is an Associate Professor and concurrently the Director of UM’s Academic Enhancement and Leadership Development Centre (ADeC). She holds a PhD in two fields: Curriculum and Instructional Technology (CIT) and Human Computer Interaction (HCI) from Iowa State University (ISU), USA. Dr. Farrah actively researches and publishes in the areas of higher education, Web 2.0, social media, educational games and mobile learning. She is especially known for her Civic-Minded Instructional Designer (CMID) conceptual framework which has reframed current ways of educating professionals for the purpose of improving public life.
Dr. Noorhidawati Abdullah is an Associate Professor at Department of Library & Information Science in the Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya. Her research interests include digital library, information management, electronic library and information seeking behavior. She is at present the editorial board member of the Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (JIF 0.423 JCR 2012). She is regularly serves as a scientific committee of several reputable International Conferences (such as IColis) and also a reviewer for a number of international and local conference papers.
Dr. Azian bin Madun is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sharia and Management, University of Malaya. He received his Phd in Finance from the University of Bath, United Kingdom in 2009. He has vast experience in the financial industry, particularly investment and capital market, after serving the Malaysian Stock Exchange for ten years in the areas of finance and management research. Since 2009 he has been teaching and undertaking research in the areas of finance and management as well as Islamic finance.
Prof. Dr. Ng Kwan-Hoong (FIPM, MIPEM (UK), Board Certified ABMP (USA) CSci, AM) is a Professor of Medical Physics at the Department of Radiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. His research areas have been focused in radiation measurement, biological effects of radiation, computer applications in medicine and medical imaging. Professor Ng has served in several committees of the Ministry of Health and the Atomic Energy Licensing Board. He has also served with international organizations, the International Atomic Energy Agency, World Health Organization, and International Organization for Medical Physics, International Union of Physical and Engineering Science in Medicine.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Public Perceptions of Radiation Effects on Health Risks and Well-Being
Book Subtitle: A Case of RFEMF Risk Perceptions in Malaysia
Authors: Yusniza Kamarulzaman, Farrah Dina Yusop, Noorhidawati Abdullah, Azian Madun, Kwan-Hoong Ng
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9894-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9893-4Published: 02 January 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9894-1Published: 01 January 2020
Series ISSN: 2193-3162
Series E-ISSN: 2193-3170
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 73
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Health, Environmental Policy, Environmental Health, Corporate Environmental Management
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma