GPS-based microenvironment tracker (MicroTrac) model to estimate time-location of individuals for air pollution exposure assessments: Model evaluation in central North Carolina

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 412-420

  Breen, Michael S ^a   Long, Thomas C ^b   Schultz, Bradley D ^a   Crooks, James ^c   Breen, Miyuki ^c   Langstaff, John E ^a   Isaacs, Kristin K ^a   Tan, Yu Mei ^a   Williams, Ronald W ^a   Cao, Ye ^b   Geller, Andrew M ^a   Devlin, Robert B ^c   Batterman, Stuart A ^d   Buckley, Timothy J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; GPS; Health; Microenvironment; Time activity

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ALGORITHM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXICITY; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84903208735     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.13     Document Type: Article

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