Computer Science Laboratory, University of Pierre et Marie Curie, LIP6, NPA Team, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
EPAR Team, Medecine Faculty of Saint-Antoine, IPLESP, INSERM & Sorbonne University, 27 rue Chaligny, 75571 Paris, France.
Sensors (Basel). 2021 Mar 8;21(5):1876. doi: 10.3390/s21051876.
The World Health Organization has estimated that air pollution is a major threat to health, causing approximately nine million premature deaths every year. Each individual has, over their lifetime, a unique exposure to air pollution through their habits, working and living conditions. Medical research requires dedicated tools to assess and understand individual exposure to air pollution in view of investigating its health effects. This paper presents portable sensors produced by the Canarin Project that provides accessible, real time personal exposure data to particulate matter. Our primary results demonstrate the use of portable sensors for the assessment of personal exposure to the different micro-environments attended by individuals, and for inspecting the short-term effects of air pollution through the example of sleep apnea. These findings underscore the necessity of obtaining contextual data in determining environmental exposure and give perspectives for the future of air pollution sensors dedicated to medical research.
世界卫生组织估计，空气污染对健康构成重大威胁，每年导致约 900 万人过早死亡。每个人在其一生中，由于其习惯、工作和生活条件，都会有独特的空气污染暴露经历。鉴于要研究其对健康的影响，医学研究需要专用工具来评估和了解个人对空气污染的暴露情况。本文介绍了 Canarin 项目生产的便携式传感器，该传感器提供了可访问的、实时的个人颗粒物暴露数据。我们的主要结果表明，可使用便携式传感器评估个人对不同微环境的暴露情况，并通过睡眠呼吸暂停的例子来检查空气污染的短期影响。这些研究结果强调了在确定环境暴露时获取上下文数据的必要性，并为未来专门用于医学研究的空气污染传感器提供了新视角。
