{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3167947515","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/s21124146","title":"Laboratory Evaluation of Low-Cost Optical Particle Counters for Environmental and Occupational Exposures","display_name":"Laboratory Evaluation of Low-Cost Optical Particle Counters for Environmental and Occupational Exposures","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-06-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3167947515","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/s21124146","mag":"3167947515","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34204182","pmcid":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/8233711"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/s21124146","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/12/4146/pdf?version=1623917076","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S101949793","display_name":"Sensors","issn_l":"1424-8220","issn":["1424-8220"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true},"type":"article","type_crossref":"journal-article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/12/4146/pdf?version=1623917076","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5024500532","display_name":"Sinan Sousan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5524-6911"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I186335123","display_name":"East Carolina University","ror":"https://ror.org/01vx35703","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I186335123"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2987654847","display_name":"Piedmont International University","ror":"https://ror.org/05h20p340","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2987654847"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sinan Sousan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA","North Carolina Agromedicine Institute, Greenville, NC 27834, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I186335123"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"North Carolina Agromedicine Institute, Greenville, NC 27834, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2987654847"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5053964833","display_name":"Swastika Regmi","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I186335123","display_name":"East Carolina University","ror":"https://ror.org/01vx35703","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I186335123"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Swastika Regmi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Environmental Health Sciences Program, Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Environmental Health Sciences Program, Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I186335123"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5058694295","display_name":"Yoo Min Park","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1860-4489"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I186335123","display_name":"East Carolina University","ror":"https://ror.org/01vx35703","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I186335123"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yoo Min Park","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I186335123"]}]}],"institution_assertions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5024500532"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I186335123","https://openalex.org/I2987654847"],"apc_list":{"value":2400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":2598,"provenance":"doaj"},"apc_paid":{"value":2400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":2598,"provenance":"doaj"},"fwci":4.708,"has_fulltext":true,"fulltext_origin":"pdf","cited_by_count":60,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.999889,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"21","issue":"12","first_page":"4146","last_page":"4146"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12120","display_name":"Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2305","display_name":"Environmental Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12120","display_name":"Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2305","display_name":"Environmental Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10190","display_name":"Air Quality and Health Impacts","score":0.9998,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2307","display_name":"Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12095","display_name":"Vehicle emissions and performance","score":0.9933,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2203","display_name":"Automotive Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mass-concentration","display_name":"Mass concentration (chemistry)","score":0.66814184},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/particle","display_name":"Particle (ecology)","score":0.56668323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/particle-counter","display_name":"Particle counter","score":0.49432802}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779345167","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104541","display_name":"Aerosol","level":2,"score":0.81050646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165838908","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736777","display_name":"Calibration","level":2,"score":0.7745499},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126857682","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q589446","display_name":"Mass concentration (chemistry)","level":2,"score":0.66814184},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.6053022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778517922","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7140482","display_name":"Particle (ecology)","level":2,"score":0.56668323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24245907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q498957","display_name":"Particulates","level":2,"score":0.49942303},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2987845665","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17072363","display_name":"Occupational exposure","level":2,"score":0.499413},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159315249","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1658756","display_name":"Particle counter","level":3,"score":0.49432802},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48921125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10861030","display_name":"Linear regression","level":2,"score":0.46967703},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C113196181","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485223","display_name":"Analytical Chemistry (journal)","level":2,"score":0.346339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107872376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321355","display_name":"Environmental chemistry","level":1,"score":0.33752507},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.2640469},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.26251495},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.20018849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153294291","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25261","display_name":"Meteorology","level":1,"score":0.19469118},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.16673729},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99454951","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932068","display_name":"Environmental health","level":1,"score":0.105183125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111368507","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43518","display_name":"Oceanography","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178790620","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11351","display_name":"Organic chemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147789679","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11372","display_name":"Physical chemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127313418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069","display_name":"Geology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/s21124146","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/12/4146/pdf?version=1623917076","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S101949793","display_name":"Sensors","issn_l":"1424-8220","issn":["1424-8220"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true},{"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/67ea20e1eb6747b2be1a494e5d899f07","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false},{"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10342/11286","pdf_url":"https://thescholarship.ecu.edu/bitstreams/b9a84e16-aa61-4e02-832a-961133520d1a/download","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402312","display_name":"The Scholarship East Carolina University's Institutional Repository (East Carolina University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I186335123","host_organization_name":"East Carolina University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I186335123"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["East Carolina University"],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true},{"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8233711","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764455111","display_name":"PubMed Central","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["National Institutes of Health"],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true}],"best_oa_location":{"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/s21124146","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/12/4146/pdf?version=1623917076","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S101949793","display_name":"Sensors","issn_l":"1424-8220","issn":["1424-8220"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/15","score":0.48,"display_name":"Life on land"}],"grants":[],"datasets":[],"versions":[],"referenced_works_count":25,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1856030288","https://openalex.org/W2020729558","https://openalex.org/W2021998947","https://openalex.org/W2031829890","https://openalex.org/W2150751323","https://openalex.org/W2329466550","https://openalex.org/W2335588938","https://openalex.org/W2512000668","https://openalex.org/W2566824844","https://openalex.org/W2768089393","https://openalex.org/W2794289309","https://openalex.org/W2805789159","https://openalex.org/W2891711861","https://openalex.org/W2899440314","https://openalex.org/W2900550825","https://openalex.org/W2904147937","https://openalex.org/W2946042712","https://openalex.org/W2962249211","https://openalex.org/W2997302005","https://openalex.org/W2999028749","https://openalex.org/W3082667302","https://openalex.org/W3092197343","https://openalex.org/W3124143591","https://openalex.org/W3136108657","https://openalex.org/W3154595635"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4283758783","https://openalex.org/W2900112575","https://openalex.org/W2382913281","https://openalex.org/W2380723280","https://openalex.org/W2376032691","https://openalex.org/W2374334386","https://openalex.org/W2347473826","https://openalex.org/W2347269340","https://openalex.org/W2188786266","https://openalex.org/W2140000658"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Low-cost":[0],"optical":[1],"particle":[2,136,144],"counters":[3],"effectively":[4],"measure":[5],"particulate":[6],"matter":[7],"(PM)":[8],"mass":[9,63,205],"concentrations":[10,64,206],"once":[11],"calibrated.":[12],"Sensor":[13],"calibration":[14,33,217],"can":[15,198],"be":[16],"established":[17],"by":[18,24,143],"deriving":[19],"a":[20,29,80,164,200],"linear":[21],"regression":[22],"model":[23],"performing":[25],"side-by-side":[26],"measurements":[27],"with":[28,79,92],"reference":[30,81,94],"instrument.":[31,82],"However,":[32],"differences":[34],"between":[35,129],"environmental":[36,101,130,156,211],"and":[37,56,72,77,84,108,131,138,146,150,188,196,212],"occupational":[38,104,132,168,213],"settings":[39,133,181,214],"have":[40],"not":[41],"been":[42],"demonstrated.":[43],"This":[44],"study":[45],"evaluated":[46],"four":[47],"commercially":[48],"available,":[49],"low-cost":[50,186],"PM":[51,204],"sensors":[52,162,187],"(OPC-N3,":[53],"SPS30,":[54,106],"AirBeam2,":[55,107],"PMS":[57,109],"A003)":[58],"in":[59,100],"both":[60,180],"settings.":[61,102,169],"The":[62],"of":[65,160,203],"three":[66],"aerosols":[67],"(salt,":[68],"Arizona":[69],"road":[70],"dust,":[71],"Poly-alpha-olefin-4":[73],"oil)":[74],"were":[75,86],"measured":[76],"compared":[78,182],"OPC-N3":[83,117,151,197],"SPS30":[85,149,173,195],"highly":[87],"correlated":[88],"(r":[89,120],"=":[90,121],"0.99)":[91],"the":[93,116,161,184],"instrument":[95],"for":[96,134,155,167,177,179,210],"all":[97,159],"aerosol":[98,139,147,189],"types":[99],"In":[103],"settings,":[105,157],"A003":[110],"exhibited":[111,152,174],"high":[112,165,175],"correlation":[113,118],"(>0.96),":[114],"but":[115,158],"varied":[119,128,142],"0.88\u20131.00).":[122],"Response":[123],"significantly":[124],"(p":[125],"<":[126],"0.001)":[127],"most":[135],"sizes":[137],"types.":[140,190],"Biases":[141],"size":[145],"type.":[148],"low":[153],"bias":[154,166],"showed":[163],"For":[170],"intra-instrumental":[171],"precision,":[172],"precision":[176],"salt":[178],"to":[183],"other":[185],"These":[191],"findings":[192],"suggest":[193],"that":[194],"provide":[199],"reasonable":[201],"estimate":[202],"if":[207],"calibrated":[208],"differently":[209],"using":[215],"site-specific":[216],"factors.":[218]},"cited_by_api_url":"https://api.openalex.org/works?filter=cites:W3167947515","counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":21},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":6}],"updated_date":"2024-12-27T23:41:53.653090","created_date":"2021-06-22"}