Portable and wearable air pollution sensors for personal exposure monitoring

Shukla, Nidhi and Mishra, Manisha and Baruah, Parinita and Puttaswamy, Naveen and Jamwal, Ankur (2026) Portable and wearable air pollution sensors for personal exposure monitoring. In: Air Quality Monitoring and Management Using Sensors. Developments in Weather and Climate Science (9). Elsevier, pp. 81-96. ISBN 9780443339738

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Abstract

Exposure to degraded air quality has been associated with elevated health risks. Rapid advances in portable and wearable sensing technologies can provide a potential paradigm shift in capturing the population’s daily personal exposure, addressing the limitations of low spatial and temporal-resolution air quality data available from static reference grade monitors. Portable and wearable air pollution sensors are being increasingly used for personal exposure monitoring of vulnerable populations like children and the elderly. Hence, they must also have the proper sensitivity, appropriate selectivity against other gases, low total power consumption, stability, accuracy, reliability, careful calibration, and validation to ensure data quality for research and policy decisions. This chapter aims to provide the most up-to-date portable and wearable air pollution sensors developed and the methodology adopted to use them for personal exposure monitoring via a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature in three scientific databases: Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed. Papers retrieved from these databases using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were analyzed in detail to develop a comprehensive protocol for utilizing portable and wearable sensors in personal exposure monitoring. These sensors span the entire domain for monitoring air pollution in various microenvironments, focusing on the type of pollutant measured, sensing technology, performance, and the design considerations for portability. However, several studies suggested adopting these technologies cautiously if data quality is vital to the research outputs and policy decisions. This chapter offers methodological direction to researchers in the calibration and validation of portable air pollution monitors for accurate personal exposure assessment. Synthesizing current research, this review proposes a novel protocol for personal air pollution monitoring studies, addressing critical challenges related to study design, device selection, rigorous laboratory and field validation, and bias correction to ensure reliable and accurate exposure quantification.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Shukla, Nidhi and Mishra, Manisha and Baruah, Parinita and Puttaswamy, Naveen and Jamwal, Ankur
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID Awasthi, Amit UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kumar, Manjeet UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Choudhury, Tanupriya UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gautam, Sneha UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Um, Jung-sup UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Technology
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Climate Change and Sustainability
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6748
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-33973-8.00006-0

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