Joel Aik
Biographic Data
| ID | 6169581 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joel Aik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joel |
| FAMILY NAME | Aik |
| SIGNATURE | AIK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Environment Agency |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2851-9424 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Influence of ambient temperature and absolute humidity on sudden cardiac arrest in Singapore
Background Global warming is expected to increase the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The effects of climate variability on sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) have not been studied in tropical climates. We aimed to study this in Singapore, a city-state with a tropical climate. Methods We included all nationally reported SCA cases from 1 April 2010 to 31 December 2021. Using negative binomial regression adjusted for long-term trend, perio…
Association between the extension of smoke-free legislation and incident acute myocardial infarctions in Singapore from 2010 to 2019
BACKGROUND: We examined the association between smoke-free laws implemented in the outdoors and the common areas of residential apartment blocks and reported acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) in Singapore. METHODS: We used an interrupted time-series design and seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average models to examine the effect of the smoke-free law extensions in 2013 (common areas of residential blocks, covered pedestrian linkways, ov…
Clustering of Environmental Parameters and the Risk of Acute Ischaemic Stroke
Acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) risk on days with similar environmental profiles remains unknown. We investigated the association between clusters of days with similar environmental parameters and AIS incidence in Singapore. We grouped calendar days from 2010 to 2015 with similar rainfall, temperature, wind speed, and Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) using k-means clustering. Three distinct clusters were formed 'Cluster 1' containing high wind speed,…
Ambient Air Quality and Emergency Hospital Admissions in Singapore
Air pollution exposure may increase the demand for emergency healthcare services, particularly in South-East Asia, where the burden of air-pollution-related health impacts is high. This article aims to investigate the association between air quality and emergency hospital admissions in Singapore. Quasi-Poisson regression was applied with a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) to assess the short-term associations between air quality variations…
Community knowledge, attitude and behaviour towards indoor air quality
Community levels of Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour (KAB) toward indoor air quality (IAQ) are important considerations in designing effective measures to reduce poor health associated with indoor air pollutants. Few studies have examined what influences community KAB levels. Using a cross-sectional study design and a standardized questionnaire to collect from randomly selected adults in Singapore, we assessed the dependence of community knowled…
The Influence of South East Asia Forest Fires on Ambient Particulate Matter Concentrations in Singapore
Haze, due to biomass burning, is a recurring problem in Southeast Asia (SEA). Exposure to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) remains an important public health concern. In this paper, we examined the long-term seasonality of PM 2.5 and PM 10 in Singapore. To study the association between forest fires in SEA and air quality in Singapore, we built two machine learning models, including the random forest (RF) model and the vector autoregressive (VA…
Community knowledge, attitude and behaviour towards indoor air quality
Community levels of Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour (KAB) toward indoor air quality (IAQ) are important considerations in designing effective measures to reduce poor health associated with indoor air pollutants. Few studies have examined what influences community KAB levels. Using a cross-sectional study design and a standardized questionnaire to collect from randomly selected adults in Singapore, we assessed the dependence of community knowled…
Influence of ambient temperature and absolute humidity on sudden cardiac arrest in Singapore
Background Global warming is expected to increase the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The effects of climate variability on sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) have not been studied in tropical climates. We aimed to study this in Singapore, a city-state with a tropical climate. Methods We included all nationally reported SCA cases from 1 April 2010 to 31 December 2021. Using negative binomial regression adjusted for long-term trend, perio…
The Influence of South East Asia Forest Fires on Ambient Particulate Matter Concentrations in Singapore
Haze, due to biomass burning, is a recurring problem in Southeast Asia (SEA). Exposure to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) remains an important public health concern. In this paper, we examined the long-term seasonality of PM 2.5 and PM 10 in Singapore. To study the association between forest fires in SEA and air quality in Singapore, we built two machine learning models, including the random forest (RF) model and the vector autoregressive (VA…
Ambient Air Quality and Emergency Hospital Admissions in Singapore
Air pollution exposure may increase the demand for emergency healthcare services, particularly in South-East Asia, where the burden of air-pollution-related health impacts is high. This article aims to investigate the association between air quality and emergency hospital admissions in Singapore. Quasi-Poisson regression was applied with a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) to assess the short-term associations between air quality variations…
Community knowledge, attitude and behaviour towards indoor air quality
Community levels of Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour (KAB) toward indoor air quality (IAQ) are important considerations in designing effective measures to reduce poor health associated with indoor air pollutants. Few studies have examined what influences community KAB levels. Using a cross-sectional study design and a standardized questionnaire to collect from randomly selected adults in Singapore, we assessed the dependence of community knowled…
Association between the extension of smoke-free legislation and incident acute myocardial infarctions in Singapore from 2010 to 2019
BACKGROUND: We examined the association between smoke-free laws implemented in the outdoors and the common areas of residential apartment blocks and reported acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) in Singapore. METHODS: We used an interrupted time-series design and seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average models to examine the effect of the smoke-free law extensions in 2013 (common areas of residential blocks, covered pedestrian linkways, ov…
Clustering of Environmental Parameters and the Risk of Acute Ischaemic Stroke
Acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) risk on days with similar environmental profiles remains unknown. We investigated the association between clusters of days with similar environmental parameters and AIS incidence in Singapore. We grouped calendar days from 2010 to 2015 with similar rainfall, temperature, wind speed, and Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) using k-means clustering. Three distinct clusters were formed 'Cluster 1' containing high wind speed,…
Influence of ambient temperature and absolute humidity on sudden cardiac arrest in Singapore
Background Global warming is expected to increase the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The effects of climate variability on sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) have not been studied in tropical climates. We aimed to study this in Singapore, a city-state with a tropical climate. Methods We included all nationally reported SCA cases from 1 April 2010 to 31 December 2021. Using negative binomial regression adjusted for long-term trend, perio…
Demography (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Meteorology (3 works) · Air quality index (2 works) · Climatology (2 works)