Comparison of static and dynamic exposures to air pollution, noise, and greenness among seniors living in compact-city environments.

ABSTRACT: GPS technology and tracking study designs have gained popularity as a tool to go beyond the limitations of static exposure assessments based on the subject's residence. These dynamic exposure assessment methods offer high potential upside in terms of accuracy but also disadvantages in terms of cost, sample sizes, and types of data generated. Because of that, with our study we aim to understand in which cases researchers need to use GPS-based methods to guarantee the necessary accuracy in exposure assessment. With a sample of 113 seniors living in Barcelona (Spain) we compare their estimated daily exposures to air pollution (PM2.5, PM10, NO2), noise (dB), and greenness (NDVI) using static and dynamic exposure assessment techniques. Results indicate that significant differences between stati

SUBMITTER: Marquet O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9884423 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature