Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP
Some of the world’s cities suffer disproportionate economic losses because of the health consequences of in-car air pollution, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers at the University of Surrey (UK).
Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) set out to investigate whether the amount of PM
2.5 drivers inhaled is connected to the duration drivers spend in pollution hotspots and socio-economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP). For the study, published in the journal
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