Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29751534›Full record

ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Low-Cost, Distributed Environmental Monitors for Factory Worker Health.

Geb W Thomas, Sinan Sousan, Marcus Tatum, Xiaoxing Liu, Christopher Zuidema, Mitchell Fitzpatrick, Kirsten A Koehler, Thomas M Peters

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Geb W ThomasDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. geb-thomas@uiowa.edu.
Sinan SousanDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. sinan-jameel@uiowa.edu.
Marcus TatumDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. marcus-tatum@uiowa.edu.
Xiaoxing LiuDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. xiaoxing-liu@uiowa.edu.
Christopher ZuidemaDepartment of Environmental Health & Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. czuidema@jhu.edu.
Mitchell FitzpatrickDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. mitchell-fitzpatrick@uiowa.edu.
Kirsten A KoehlerDepartment of Environmental Health & Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. kkoehle1@jhu.edu.
Thomas M PetersDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. thomas-m-peters@uiowa.edu.

Funding

Pulmonary Toxicology Facility CoreP30ES005605 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Brandi Janssen · 1990 to 2026
$40.5M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An integrated network of environmental monitors was developed to continuously measure several airborne hazards in a manufacturing facility. The monitors integrated low-cost sensors to measure particulate matter, carbon monoxide, ozone and nitrogen dioxide, noise, temperature and humidity. The monitors were developed and tested in situ for three months in several overlapping deployments, before a full cohort of 40 was deployed in a heavy vehicle manufacturing facility for a year of data collection. The monitors collect data from each sensor and report them to a central database every 5 min. The work includes an experimental validation of the particle, gas and noise monitors. The

Indexed as

WorkplaceAir PollutantsCarbon MonoxideEnvironmental MonitoringHumansHumidityManufacturing and Industrial FacilitiesNitrogen DioxideNoise, OccupationalOzoneParticulate MatterTemperatureAir PollutantsCarbon MonoxideNitrogen DioxideOzoneParticulate Matteraerosol exposurecarbon monoxide gas sensorsnoise sensorsoccupational health and safetyoccupational medicineoxidizing gas sensorsparticle sensorspersonal exposuresensor arrayswireless sensor network

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PMID29751534
PMCPMC5982698

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