Design and application of a web-based real-time personal PM2.5 exposure monitoring system

Sci Total Environ. 2018 Jun 15:627:852-859. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.299. Epub 2018 Feb 2.

Abstract

Growing demand from public health research for conduct large-scale epidemiological studies to explore health effect of PM2.5 was well-documented. To address this need, we design a web-based real-time personal PM2.5 exposure monitoring system (RPPM2.5 system) which can help researcher to get big data of personal PM2.5 exposure with low-cost, low labor requirement, and low operating technical requirements. RPPM2.5 system can provide relative accurate real-time personal exposure data for individuals, researches, and decision maker. And this system has been used in a survey of PM2.5 personal exposure level conducted in 5 cities of China and has provided mass of valuable data for epidemiological research.

Keywords: Big data; Personal exposure assessment; RPPM2.5 system; Real-time PM(2.5).

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants / analysis*
  • Air Pollution / statistics & numerical data*
  • China
  • Cities
  • Environmental Exposure / analysis*
  • Environmental Exposure / statistics & numerical data
  • Environmental Monitoring / instrumentation
  • Environmental Monitoring / methods
  • Humans
  • Internet
  • Particle Size
  • Particulate Matter / analysis*
  • Software*

Substances

  • Air Pollutants
  • Particulate Matter