Methanol outbreak in the district of Hulu Langat, 2018

• Main Authors: Zainal Abidin, Muhammad 'Adil, Jalaluddin, Nur Zawani, Abd Halim, Hazariah, Rao, Gunenthira, Habib, Mohd Nasir, Suli, Zaliza
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/76158/13/76158_Methanol%20outbreak%20in%20the%20district.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76158/7/76158_Methanol%20outbreak%20in%20the%20district%20of%20hulu%20langat%2C%202018_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76158/; http://www.e-mjm.org/2019/v74n5/methanol-outbreak.pdf

Introduction: A methanol outbreak occurred in the district of Hulu Langat on 16 September 2018. The Hulu Langat District Health Office received 25 notifications of a suspected methanol poisoning from Kajang and Ampang Hospital. An outbreak investigation was done to determine the source followed...