Funded by a multinational partnership led by UMass Amherst and including the Himalayan region's Intergovernmental Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability
Studies in Potsdam, Germany, the investigation will follow a cohort of 32
traffic control officers in Kathmandu during two seasons: Cold, dry winter from this month into March, with a second
study in the hot, rainy monsoon season from June to August, when air pollution levels are lower.