Using smartphones to collect time-activity data for long-term personal-level air pollution exposure assessment

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 356-364

  Glasgow, Mark L ^a   Rudra, Carole B ^a   Yoo, Eun Hye ^a   Demirbas, Murat ^b   Merriman, Joel ^a   Nayak, Pramod ^b   Crabtree Ide, Christina ^a   Szpiro, Adam A ^c   Rudra, Atri ^b   Wactawski Wende, Jean ^a   Mu, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b the State University of New York   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; time activity; human mobility; smartphones; exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; NEW YORK; PROCEDURES; SELF REPORT; SMARTPHONE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NEW YORK; SELF REPORT; SMARTPHONE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912099124     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.78     Document Type: Article

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