Title
How sensors might help define the external exposome
Author
Loh, M.
Sarigiannis, D.
Gotti, A.
Karakitsios, S.
Pronk, A.
Kuijpers, E.
Annesi-Maesano, I.
Baiz, N.
Madureira, J.
Fernandes, E.O.
Jerrett, M.
Cherrie, J.W.
Publication year
2017
Abstract
The advent of the exposome concept, the advancement of mobile technology, sensors, and the “internet of things” bring exciting opportunities to exposure science. Smartphone apps, wireless devices, the downsizing of monitoring technologies, along with lower costs for such equipment makes it possible for various aspects of exposure to be measured more easily and frequently. We discuss possibilities and lay out several criteria for using smart technologies for external exposome studies. Smart technologies are evolving quickly, and while they provide great promise for advancing exposure science, many are still in developmental stages and their use in epidemiology and risk studies must be carefully considered. The most useable technologies for exposure studies at this time relate to gathering exposure-factor data, such as location and activities. Development of some environmental sensors (e.g., for some air pollutants, noise, UV) is moving towards making the use of these more reliable and accessible to research studies. The possibility of accessing such an unprecedented amount of personal data also comes with various limitations and challenges, which are discussed. The advantage of improving the collection of long term exposure factor data is that this can be combined with more “traditional” measurement data to model exposures to numerous environmental factors. © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Subject
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Life
Healthy Living
Biomedical Innovation
Exposome
Exposure assessment
Exposure factors
Mobile technology
Sensors
Assessment method
Environmental factor
Mobile phone
RAPID - Risk Analysis for Products in Development
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040434
TNO identifier
762767
ISSN
1661-7827
Source
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14 (14)
Document type
article