Shrestha, Srijan Lal
Article History
Received: 13 April 2022
Accepted: 11 August 2022
First Online: 18 August 2022
Declarations
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: The study does not involve human or animal participant data. Analysis and modeling are based upon secondary data. Available air pollution data of Kathmandu valley was acquired from Data Platform, World Air Quality project. Upon request, data was sent by the provider through email upon the conditions that the data will only be used for the WHO study and need of acknowledgement of the data provider. Remaining air pollution data was also downloaded from AirNow website of US Embassy and Open Data portal of Nepal, both of which provide freely downloadable data access. Similarly, meteorological data was obtained (purchased) from the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), Kathmandu upon formal request and fulfilling conditions required for its use.
: The author declares no competing interests.