Trends, Extreme Events and Long-term Health Impacts of Particulate Matter in a Southern Indian Industrial Area.

Unlabelled: The present study uses various statistical tools to understand the behaviour of PM and PM in the Kanjikode industrial area of Southern India. Annual PM and PM average concentrations in 2018-2020 were three times more than the World Health Organization-specified standards (5 and 15 µg m). The statistical distribution analysis suggested well-fitted lognormal and gamma distributions of 24-h average PM concentrations and gamma distributions of 24-h average PM concentrations.