Ladies take note. Women who are exposed to high pollution levels in India are at significantly higher risk of suffering from hypertension warn researchers. The research published in the journal Epidemiology studied 5531 adults from 28 peri-urban villages near Hyderabad city. Women spend most of their time near their households in this study area - 83 per cent of their daily time as compared to 57 per cent for men -- which could explain why we observe a stronger association in women than in men said study author Ariadna Curto from Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) Spain. For the