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Groneberg DA, Scutaru C, Lauks M, Takemura M, Fischer TC, Kölzow S, van Mark A, Uibel S, Wagner U, Vitzthum K, Beck F, Mache S, Kreiter C, Kusma B, Friedebold A, Zell H, Gerber A, Bock J, Al-Mutawakl K, Donat J, Geier MV, Pilzner C, Welker P, Joachim R, Bias H, Götting M, Sakr M, Addicks JP, Börger JA, Jensen AM, Grajewski S, Shami A, Neye N, Kröger S, Hoffmann S, Kloss L, Mayer S, Puk C, Henkel U, Rospino R, Schilling U, Krieger E, Westphal G, Meyer-Falcke A, Hupperts H, de Roux A, Tropp S, Weiland M, Mühlbach J, Steinberg J, Szerwinski A, Falahkohan S, Sudik C, Bircks A, Noga O, Dickgreber N, Dinh QT, Golpon H, Kloft B, Groneberg RNB, Witt C, Wicker S, Zhang L, Springer J, Kütting B, Mingomataj EC, Fischer A, Schöffel N, Unger V, Quarcoo D. Mobile Air Quality Studies (MAQS)-an international project. J Occup Med Toxicol 2010; 5:8. [PMID: 20380704 PMCID: PMC2865482 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-5-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2009] [Accepted: 04/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Due to an increasing awareness of the potential hazardousness of air pollutants, new laws, rules and guidelines have recently been implemented globally. In this respect, numerous studies have addressed traffic-related exposure to particulate matter using stationary technology so far. By contrast, only few studies used the advanced technology of mobile exposure analysis. The Mobile Air Quality Study (MAQS) addresses the issue of air pollutant exposure by combining advanced high-granularity spatial-temporal analysis with vehicle-mounted, person-mounted and roadside sensors. The MAQS-platform will be used by international collaborators in order 1) to assess air pollutant exposure in relation to road structure, 2) to assess air pollutant exposure in relation to traffic density, 3) to assess air pollutant exposure in relation to weather conditions, 4) to compare exposure within vehicles between front and back seat (children) positions, and 5) to evaluate "traffic zone"-exposure in relation to non-"traffic zone"-exposure.Primarily, the MAQS-platform will focus on particulate matter. With the establishment of advanced mobile analysis tools, it is planed to extend the analysis to other pollutants including NO2, SO2, nanoparticles and ozone.
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Affiliation(s)
- David A Groneberg
- Department of Environmental and Traffic Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Informatics, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Allergy, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Anke van Mark
- Institute of Occupational Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
| | - Stefanie Uibel
- Department of Toxicology, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | | | - Karin Vitzthum
- Department of Sports Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Fabian Beck
- Pariser Street Outpatient Clincis, Berlin, Germany
| | - Stefanie Mache
- Department of Health Management, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Carolin Kreiter
- Chest Department Heckeshorn, Helios-Emil-von-Behring-Hospital, Berlin, Germany
| | - Bianca Kusma
- Department of Occupational Psychology, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Annika Friedebold
- Department of Surgery, Helios-Emil-von-Behring-Hospital, Berlin, Germany
| | - Hanna Zell
- Department of Environmental and Traffic Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | | | - Johanna Bock
- Department of Toxicology, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Environmental and Traffic Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Carolin Pilzner
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Centre of Medicine, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
| | - Pia Welker
- Department of Cell Biology, Mivenion Inc., Berlin, Germany
| | | | - Harald Bias
- AMZ, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Michael Götting
- Department of Informatics, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Mohannad Sakr
- Department of Allergy, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Al-Assaf University Hospital, Lattakia, Syria
| | - Johann P Addicks
- Department of Toxicology, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Environmental and Traffic Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Awfa Shami
- Department of Health Management, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria
| | - Niko Neye
- Department of Medicine, Park-Klinik Weissensee, Berlin, Germany
| | - Stefan Kröger
- Department of Health Management, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Sarah Hoffmann
- Department of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Environmental and Traffic Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Environmental and Traffic Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Environmental and Traffic Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Health Management, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Strategy Centre for Health, Health Care Campus North Rhine Westphalia, Bochum, Germany
| | - Hagen Hupperts
- Department of Informatics, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | | | - Salome Tropp
- Department of Environmental and Traffic Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Marco Weiland
- Department of Sports Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Sports Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Environmental and Traffic Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Anne Szerwinski
- Department of Health Management, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Allergy, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Allergy and Asthma Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Centre of Medicine, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Centre of Medicine, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Centre of Medicine, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Otto-Heubner-Centre, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Occupational Medicine Service, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - Li Zhang
- Fujian First College of Medicine, Fujian, PR China
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- Division of Applied Cachexia Research and Center for Cardiovascular Research, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute and Outpatient Clinic of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University of Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Dept of Allergology & Clinical Immunology, Mother Theresa School of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
| | - Axel Fischer
- Otto-Heubner-Centre, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Informatics, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Informatics, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - David Quarcoo
- Department of Environmental and Traffic Medicine, The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical School of the Freie University Berlin and the Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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