Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Residential energy use emissions dominate health impacts from exposure to ambient particulate matter in India

  • Luke Conibear,
  • Edward W. Butt,
  • Christoph Knote,
  • Stephen R. Arnold,
  • Dominick V. Spracklen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02986-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Exposure to ambient particulate matter is a key contributor to disease in India and source attribution is vital for pollution control. Here the authors use a high-resolution regional model to show residential emissions dominate particulate matter concentrations and associated premature mortality.