How was the DEARS field data collection conducted?
The DEARS can be divided into four main parts: personal monitoring, residential indoor monitoring, residential outdoor monitoring, and monitoring performed at a central community site (Allen Park). The personal and residential monitoring involved a total of approximately 130 participants over the three-year period. During each year, approximately 40 new individuals were involved. Their involvement included participating in personal monitoring, allowing indoor and outdoor air monitoring at their residence, and providing information about their daily activities as collected in questionnaires developed for the study. Participation for each individual during their year of involvement included 5 days of summertime monitoring and 5 days of wintertime monitoring. Their information will be compared to air quality information collected from the community-level monitors for the same periods.
