TY  - JOUR
T1  - Environmental Management in Dealing with Dengue Fever Cases Towards Urban Sustainability: Study on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1998 (Act 342)
AU - Zakaria, Sharifah Zarina Syed AU - Roslan, Nor Alina Mohamad AU - Mokhtar, Mazlin AU - Hadi, Abdul Samad AU - Razman, Muhammad Rizal AU - Jahi, Jamaluddin Md. AU - Ramli, Zuliskandar AU - Nordin, Norul Hajar 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
SP  - 295
EP  - 299
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2013.295.299
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2013.295.299
KW  - Dengue fever cases
KW  -infectious diseases
KW  -environmental management
KW  -urban sustainability
KW  -Malaysia
AB  - In most tropic and sub-tropic countries in the world, dengue fever is an outbreak disease. In Malaysia, one of the environmental management approaches in dealing with dengue fever cases is by enforcing relevant laws. This study inquiries as to enforcement reasoning to explain how effective the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342) as one of the relevant laws in Malaysian on dengue fever cases towards urban sustainability. Meanwhile, the methods of this study are based on qualitative set up which is based on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342) as the primary source of document. Finally, the results potentially provide with better understanding of the enforcement of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342) on dengue fever cases towards urban sustainability.
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