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SUBMITTER: Ravishankara AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7682420 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ravishankara A R AR David Liji M LM Pierce Jeffrey R JR Venkataraman Chandra C
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20201102 46
Urban outdoor air pollution in the developing world, mostly due to particulate matter with diameters smaller than 2.5 µm (PM<sub>2.5</sub>), has been highlighted in recent years. It leads to millions of premature deaths. Outdoor air pollution has also been viewed mostly as an urban problem. We use satellite-derived demarcations to parse India's population into urban and nonurban regions, which agrees with the census data. We also use the satellite-derived surface PM<sub>2.5</sub> levels to calcu ...[more]