Investigating the Consequences of Measurement Error of Gradually More Sophisticated Long-Term Personal Exposure Models in Assessing Health Effects: The London Study (MELONS).
Our results underline the importance of exposure to ambient air pollution ME in estimating health effects and the difficulty in obtaining an accurate estimate of the "true" personal exposure to outdoor-generated pollutants. The common use of surrogate measures of exposure introduces ME, which can be substantial and largely classical, leading to a large underestimation of effects on health. Researchers should consider correcting for ME when reporting results from epidemiological studies on the effects of long-term air pollution exposures and plan ahead by designing appropriate validation studies.
Authors
- Sean Beevers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1096-866X)
- Heather Walton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9252-3962)
- D. L. Wood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1150-4613)
- Benjamin Barratt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5983-0426)
- Joel Schwartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2557-150X)
- Evangelia Samoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9266-9929)
- Barbara K. Butland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-3108)
- Audrey de Nazelle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1092-3971)
- Klea Katsouyanni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0132-9575)
- Dimitris Evangelopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1071-6892)
- Hui Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6825-5649)
- V Evangelou
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.40