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Tackling the health burden of air pollution in South Asia [1]

Air pollution exposure is the second most important risk factor for ill health in South Asia, contributing to between 13% and 21.7% of all deaths and approximately 58 million disability adjusted life years (DALYs) through chronic and acute respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses.1 Of the top 30 cities in the world with the poorest air quality in 2016, 17 are in South Asia.2 The impact of air pollution transcends boundaries. The “brown cloud”—caused by pollution from carbon aerosols—is a phenomenon captured in satellite images of atmospheric haze over South Asia, as well as China.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
17/11/2017
Bhargav Krishna [3], Kalpana Balakrishnan [4], Amna R Siddiqui & et al [5]
BMJ [6]
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Tags:
Air Pollution [7], South Asia [8], Health Effects [9], India [10], Respiratory Diseases [11], Indoor Air Pollution [12], PM 2.5 [13], RSPM (PM 10) [14], Household Energy [15], LPG [16], Bangladesh [17], Pakistan [18]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/tackling-health-burden-air-pollution-south-asia

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[2] http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5209
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bhargav-krishna
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kalpana-balakrishnan
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/amna-r-siddiqui-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/bmj
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/respiratory-diseases
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indoor-air-pollution
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pm-25
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rspm-pm-10
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/household-energy
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lpg
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangladesh
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pakistan