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ReviewJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2025

A review of geospatial exposure models and approaches for health data integration.

Lara P Clark, Daniel Zilber, Charles Schmitt, David C Fargo, David M Reif, Alison A Motsinger-Reif, Kyle P Messier

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Review in Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, 2025. 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

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  9. Development of Life Course Exposure Estimates Using Geospatial Data and Residence History.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  10. [Environmental justice-challenges for spatial analysis and monitoring].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lara P ClarkNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Office of the Scientific Director, Office of Data Science, Durham, NC, USA.
Daniel ZilberNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Translational Toxicology, Predictive Toxicology Branch, Durham, NC, USA.
Charles SchmittNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Office of the Scientific Director, Office of Data Science, Durham, NC, USA.
David C FargoNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Office of the Director, Office of Environmental Science Cyberinfrastructure, Durham, NC, USA.
David M ReifNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Translational Toxicology, Predictive Toxicology Branch, Durham, NC, USA.
Alison A Motsinger-ReifNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Intramural Research, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, Durham, NC, USA.
Kyle P MessierNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Translational Toxicology, Predictive Toxicology Branch, Durham, NC, USA. kyle.messier@nih.gov.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGeospatial methods are common in environmental exposure assessments and increasingly integrated with health data to generate comprehensive models of environmental impacts on public health.

objectiveOur objective is to review geospatial exposure models and approaches for health data integration in environmental health applications.

methodsWe conduct a literature review and synthesis.

resultsFirst, we discuss key concepts and terminology for geospatial exposure data and models. Second, we provide an overview of workflows in geospatial exposure model development and health data integration. Third, we review modeling approaches, including proximity-based, statistical, and mechanistic approaches, across diverse exposure types, such as air quality, water quality, climate, and socioeconomic factors. For each model type, we provide descriptions, general equations, and example applications for environmental exposure assessment. Fourth, we discuss the approaches used to integrate geospatial exposure data and health data, such as methods to link data sources with disparate spatial and temporal scales. Fifth, we describe the landscape of open-source tools supporting these workflows.

Indexed as

Environmental ExposureEnvironmental HealthModels, TheoreticalHumansPublic HealthSpatial AnalysisEnvironmental public healthExposomeExposure modelingLinkageSpatiotemporalToxicology

Identifiers

PMID39251872
PMCPMC12009742

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