Research Library

Green Heart’s researchers have been contributing to the field of environmental medicine for many, many years. Our experts have published numerous scholarly articles that provide a sound foundation for the Green Heart Project. To help you learn what we have contributed to scientific understanding and why we are so hopeful for this project, we have selected these articles to share.

Green environments and cardiovascular health

This article assesses epidemiological studies that have found robust associations between greenness and the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and uses that information to assess the benefits of greenness and call for more research into its health effects.

1 minute read | Source: Yeager, R. A., Smith, T. R., Bhatnagar, A. (2020). Green environments and cardiovascular health. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 30(4), 241–246. doi:10.1016/j.tcm.2019.06.005 Tags: air pollutioncardiovascular diseaseurban greenness

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.

1 minute read | 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 Tags: air pollutioncardiovascular diseaseurban greenness