About the Authors

Jyotsna S. Jagai

elena.naumova@tufts.edu (ENN); jagai.jyotsna@epa.gov (JSJ)

Affiliations National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Masschusetts, United States of America

Rajiv Sarkar

Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Denise Castronovo

Affiliation Mapping Sustainability, LLC, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Deepthi Kattula

Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Jesse McEntee

Affiliation The ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Honorine Ward

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Masschusetts, United States of America, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Gagandeep Kang

Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Elena N. Naumova

elena.naumova@tufts.edu (ENN); jagai.jyotsna@epa.gov (JSJ)

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Masschusetts, United States of America, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University School of Engineering, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSJ ENN. Analyzed the data: JSJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS DK DC JM. Wrote the paper: JSJ DC ENN. Abstracted data from journal articles: RS DK. Abstracted vegetation index data: DC JM. Provided input to manuscript: HW GK.