Association between residential greenness and exposure to volatile organic compounds
Researchers in this study recruited 213 nonsmoking individuals and estimated peak, cumulative, and contemporaneous greenery using satellite-derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) near their residence. The researchers’ findings suggest high levels of residential greenness are associated with lower VOC exposure, particularly in winter.
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Source: Yeager, R., Riggs, D. W., DeJarnett, N., Srivastava, S., Lorkiewicz, P., Xie, Z., . . . Bhatnagar, A. (2020). Association between residential greenness and exposure to volatile organic compounds. Science of the Total Environment, 707, 135435. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135435
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air pollutioncardiovascular diseaseurban greenness