ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2023
Measuring environmental exposures in people's activity space: The need to account for travel modes and exposure decay.
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Abstract
backgroundAccurately quantifying people's out-of-home environmental exposure is important for identifying disease risk factors. Several activity space-based exposure assessments exist, possibly leading to different exposure estimates, and have neither considered individual travel modes nor exposure-related distance decay effects.
objectiveWe aimed (1) to develop an activity space-based exposure assessment approach that included travel modes and exposure-related distance decay effects and (2) to compare the size of such spaces and the exposure estimates derived from them across typically used activity space operationalizations.
methodsWe used 7-day-long global positioning system (GPS)-enabled smartphone-based tracking data of 269 Dutch adults. People's GPS trajectory points were classified into passive and active travel modes. Exposure-related distance decay effects were modeled through linear, exponential, and Gaussian decay functions. We performed cross-comparisons on these three functional decay models and an unweighted model in conjunction with four activity space models (i.e., home-based buffers, minimum convex polygons, two standard deviational ellipses, and time-weighted GPS-based buffers). We applied non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis tests, pair-wise Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, and Spearman correlations to assess mean differences in the extent of the activity spaces and correlations across exposures to particulate matter (PM
resultsParticipants spent, on average, 42% of their daily life out-of-home. We observed that including travel modes into activity space delineation resulted in significantly more compact activity spaces. Exposure estimates for PM SIGNIFICANCE: For some exposures, the tested activity space definitions, although significantly correlated, exhibited differing exposure estimate results based on inclusion or exclusion of travel modes or distance decay effect. Results only supported using home-based buffer values as proxies for individuals' daily short-term PM
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