An estimated 6.5 million pre mature deaths in the world are linked to air pollution every year with more than half of them being reported from China and India together.
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
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[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hypertension-blood-pressure
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/respiratory-diseases