Portable Low-Cost Sensors for Environmental Monitoring in China: A Comprehensive Review of Application, Challenges, and Opportunities.

ABSTRACT: Accurate environmental monitoring in outdoor and indoor settings is critical for exposure assessment in environmental and public health research. Conventional methods, predominantly relying on high-end instruments or laboratory analyses, face limitations in real-world applications due to their high cost and inflexibility. Recent advances in low-cost sensor technologies have enabled more adaptable monitoring. This study systematically reviews research utilizing low-cost sensors for environmental monitoring in real-world settings across China. A literature search was performed using the Web of Science database, resulting in the inclusion of 43 eligible studies out of 31,003 initially identified records. These studies primarily investigated air pollution (17 studies), noise (14), light (7), a

SUBMITTER: Yang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12787898 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature