A Scoping Review on Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring and Their Application for Health and Wellness
This scoping review is focused on wearable devices for environmental monitoring. First, the main pollutants are presented, followed by sensing technologies that are used for the parameters of interest. Selected examples of wearables and portables are divided into commercially available and research-...
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| description | This scoping review is focused on wearable devices for environmental monitoring. First, the main pollutants are presented, followed by sensing technologies that are used for the parameters of interest. Selected examples of wearables and portables are divided into commercially available and research-level projects. While many commercial products are in fact portable, there is an increasing interest in using a completely wearable technology. This allows us to correlate the pollution level to other personal information (performed activity, position, and respiratory parameters) and thus to estimate personal exposure to given pollutants. The fact that there are no univocal indices to estimate outdoor or indoor air quality is also an open problem. Finally, applications of wearables for environmental monitoring are discussed. Combining environmental monitoring with other devices would permit better choices of where to perform sports activities, especially in highly polluted areas, and provide detailed information on the living conditions of individuals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49eca22f485046f386c9aa7d2dead7292023-12-03T14:25:33ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202022-08-012216599410.3390/s22165994A Scoping Review on Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring and Their Application for Health and WellnessSara Bernasconi0Alessandra Angelucci1Andrea Aliverti2Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, ItalyDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, ItalyDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, ItalyThis scoping review is focused on wearable devices for environmental monitoring. First, the main pollutants are presented, followed by sensing technologies that are used for the parameters of interest. Selected examples of wearables and portables are divided into commercially available and research-level projects. While many commercial products are in fact portable, there is an increasing interest in using a completely wearable technology. This allows us to correlate the pollution level to other personal information (performed activity, position, and respiratory parameters) and thus to estimate personal exposure to given pollutants. The fact that there are no univocal indices to estimate outdoor or indoor air quality is also an open problem. Finally, applications of wearables for environmental monitoring are discussed. Combining environmental monitoring with other devices would permit better choices of where to perform sports activities, especially in highly polluted areas, and provide detailed information on the living conditions of individuals.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/16/5994wearablesair quality detectionexposurepollution |
| spellingShingle | Sara Bernasconi Alessandra Angelucci Andrea Aliverti A Scoping Review on Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring and Their Application for Health and Wellness Sensors wearables air quality detection exposure pollution |
| title | A Scoping Review on Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring and Their Application for Health and Wellness |
| title_full | A Scoping Review on Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring and Their Application for Health and Wellness |
| title_fullStr | A Scoping Review on Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring and Their Application for Health and Wellness |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Scoping Review on Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring and Their Application for Health and Wellness |
| title_short | A Scoping Review on Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring and Their Application for Health and Wellness |
| title_sort | scoping review on wearable devices for environmental monitoring and their application for health and wellness |
| topic | wearables air quality detection exposure pollution |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/16/5994 |
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