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Methods for Assessing Long-Term Exposures to Outdoor Air Pollutants

Methods for Assessing Long-Term Exposures to Outdoor Air Pollutants Curr Envir Health Rpt (2017) 4:450–462 DOI 10.1007/s40572-017-0169-5 AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH (S ADAR AND B HOFFMANN, SECTION EDITORS) Methods for Assessing Long-Term Exposures to Outdoor Air Pollutants Gerard Hoek Published online: 24 October 2017 The Author(s) 2017. This article is an open access publication Abstract Introduction Purpose of Review Epidemiological studies of health ef- fects of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution rely Assessment of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution on different exposure assessment methods. This review for epidemiological studies remains challenging. Early co- discusses widely used methods with a special focus on hort studies characterized exposure to individual partici- new developments. pants by assigning the average concentration measured at Recent Findings New data and study designs have been one or a few central sites within a city to each participant applied, including satellite measurements of fine particles from this city [1, 2]. These cohort studies thus limited the and nitrogen dioxide (NO ). The methods to apply satel- health effect analysis to between-city exposure contrast. lite data for epidemiological studies are improving rapidly However, many studies have documented significant varia- and have already contributed significantly to national-, tion of outdoor air pollution at a small scale http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Environmental Health Reports Springer Journals

Methods for Assessing Long-Term Exposures to Outdoor Air Pollutants

Current Environmental Health Reports , Volume 4 (4) – Oct 24, 2017

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2017 by The Author(s)
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Biomedicine; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Medicine/Public Health, general; Environmental Health
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2196-5412
DOI
10.1007/s40572-017-0169-5
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29064065
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Abstract

Curr Envir Health Rpt (2017) 4:450–462 DOI 10.1007/s40572-017-0169-5 AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH (S ADAR AND B HOFFMANN, SECTION EDITORS) Methods for Assessing Long-Term Exposures to Outdoor Air Pollutants Gerard Hoek Published online: 24 October 2017 The Author(s) 2017. This article is an open access publication Abstract Introduction Purpose of Review Epidemiological studies of health ef- fects of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution rely Assessment of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution on different exposure assessment methods. This review for epidemiological studies remains challenging. Early co- discusses widely used methods with a special focus on hort studies characterized exposure to individual partici- new developments. pants by assigning the average concentration measured at Recent Findings New data and study designs have been one or a few central sites within a city to each participant applied, including satellite measurements of fine particles from this city [1, 2]. These cohort studies thus limited the and nitrogen dioxide (NO ). The methods to apply satel- health effect analysis to between-city exposure contrast. lite data for epidemiological studies are improving rapidly However, many studies have documented significant varia- and have already contributed significantly to national-, tion of outdoor air pollution at a small scale

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Current Environmental Health ReportsSpringer Journals

Published: Oct 24, 2017

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