Research Report 210 presents a study conducted by Dr. Erin McDuffie and Dr. Randall Martin of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Michael Brauer at The University of British Columbia in Canada, and colleagues.
The investigators produced the first comprehensive global estimates of contributions from the most common sources of air pollution to people’s exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) and to the world’s burden of disease from various causes. They estimated source contributions at global, world region, and national scales using updated emissions inventories categorized by sector and fuel, satellite data and air quality modeling, and the most recent relationships between air quality and health.