Increasing health threat to greater parts of India due to crop residue burning

Lancet Planet Health. 2018 Aug;2(8):e327-e328. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30166-9.

Authors

Sudipta Sarkar¹, Ramesh P Singh², Akshansha Chauhan³

Affiliations

¹ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA; Science Systems and Applications Inc, Lanham, MD, USA.
² School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA, USA. Electronic address: rsingh@chapman.edu.
³ School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida, India.

PMID: 30082044
DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30166-9

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Air Pollutants / adverse effects*
Crops, Agricultural*
Environmental Health*
Fires*
Humans
Incineration*
India
Particulate Matter / adverse effects*

Substances

Air Pollutants
Particulate Matter