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ReviewCurrent environmental health reports2018

A Review of Epidemiologic Studies on Greenness and Health: Updated Literature Through 2017.

Kelvin C Fong, Jaime E Hart, Peter James

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Review in Current environmental health reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 225 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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225citing papers in PubMed, 13 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

225 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Is Brief Exposure to Green Space in School the Best Option to Improve Attention in Children?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  11. Nature Exposure and Its Effects on Immune System Functioning: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  17. PMEnvironmental health perspectives · 2026
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  19. Association between residential greenness and preeclampsia in Japan.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026
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165 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kelvin C FongDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Dr, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. kelvinfong@mail.harvard.edu.
Jaime E HartDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Dr, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Peter JamesDepartment of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

Project 3: Cumulative Risk and Geospatial Health Disparities Related to Chemical and Non-Chemical Stressor ExposuresP50MD010428 · NIMHD · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI LADEN, FRANCINE · 2015 to 2020
$4.0M
High Resolution Measures of Behavioral Cancer Risk Factors From Mobile TechnologyR00CA201542 · NCI · HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE, INC. · PI JAMES, PETER · 2017 to 2019
$747k
NCI NIH HHS R00 CA201542NIMHD NIH HHS P50 MD010428
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewMany studies suggest that exposure to natural vegetation, or greenness, may be beneficial for a variety of health outcomes. We summarize the recent research in this area. RECENT

findingsWe observed consistent and strong evidence of associations for higher greenness with improvements in birth weights and physical activity, as well as lower mortality rates. Recent studies also suggested that exposure to greenness may lower levels of depression and depressive symptoms. The evidence on greenness and cardiovascular health remains mixed. Findings are also inconsistent for greenness measures and asthma and allergies. Our knowledge of the impacts of greenness on a wide variety of health outcomes continues to evolve. Future research should incorporate information on specific species and some qualities of natural greenness that might drive health outcomes, integrate exposure assessments that incorporate personal mobility into analyses, and include prospective designs to add to the growing evidence that nature exposure positively affects health.

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EnvironmentHealthAsthmaCardiovascular DiseasesExerciseFemaleHealth StatusHumansHypersensitivityMental HealthMortalityPlantsPregnancyPregnancy OutcomeRisk FactorsBuilt environmentGreennessGreen spacesHealth benefitsMental healthUrbanization

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PMID29392643
PMCPMC5878143

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