Benefits of Mobile Phone Technology for Personal Environmental Monitoring.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tracking individuals in environmental epidemiological studies using novel mobile phone technologies can provide valuable information on geolocation and physical activity, which will improve our understanding of environmental exposures.

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess the performance of one of the least expensive mobile phones on the market to track people's travel-activity pattern.

Methods

Adults living and working in Barcelona (72/162 bicycle commuters) carried simultaneously a mobile phone and a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracker and filled in a travel-activity diary (TAD) for 1 week (N=162). The CalFit app for mobile phones was used to log participants' geographical location and physical activity. The geographical location data w

SUBMITTER: Donaire-Gonzalez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5122720 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature