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Your Environment. Your Health.

Person Details: Rachel J. Keith

Superfund Research Program

Rachel J. Keith

University of Louisville
Cardiovascular Innovation Institute
302 E. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Phone: 502-852-4211
Email: rachel.keith@louisville.edu

Projects

Publications

2024

  • Hart J, Shuck B, Owen J, Walker KL, Keith RJ. 2024. Biological sex as a moderator of work determinants of health: Implications for work and stress. Healthcare 12(2):doi:10.3390/healthcare12020135 PMID:38255024
  • Xie Z, Sutaria S, Chen JY, Gao H, Conklin DJ, Keith RJ, Srivastava S, Lorkiewicz P, Bhatnagar A. 2024. Evaluation of urinary limonene metabolites as biomarkers of exposure to greenness. Environ Res 245:doi:10.1016/j.envres.2023.117991

2023

  • Basner M, Smith MG, Jones CW, Ecker AJ, Howard K, Schneller V, Cordoza M, Kaizi-Lutu M, Park-Chavar S, Stahn AC, Dinges DF, Shou H, Mitchell JA, Bhatnagar A, Smith T, Smith AE, Stopforth CK, Yeager R, Keith RJ. 2023. Associations of bedroom PM2.5, CO2, temperature, humidity, and noise with sleep: an observational actigraphy study. Sleep Health 9(3):253-263. doi:10.1016/j.sleh.2023.02.010 PMID:37076419 PMCID:PMC10293115
  • McGraw KE, Konkle S, Riggs DW, Rai SN, DeJarnett N, Xie Z, Keith RJ, Oshunbade A, Hall ME, Shimbo D, Bhatnagar A. 2023. Exposure to volatile organic compounds is associated with hypertension in Black adults: The Jackson Heart Study. Environ Res 223:115384. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2023.115384 PMID:36796615 PMCID:PMC10134439
  • McLeish AC, Walker KL, Keith RJ, Hart J. 2023. The role of perceived neighborhood cohesion in the association between depressive symptoms and cigarette smoking. Subst Use Misuse 58(10):1295-1301. doi:10.1080/10826084.2023.2215331 PMID:37232382 PMCID:PMC10413331
  • Wahlang B, Gao H, Rai SN, Keith RJ, McClain CJ, Srivastava S, Cave MC, Bhatnagar A. 2023. Associations between residential volatile organic compound exposures and liver injury markers: The role of biological sex and race. Environ Res 221:115228. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2023.115228 PMID:36610539 PMCID:PMC9957966
  • Xie Z, Chen JY, Gao H, Keith RJ, Bhatnagar A, Lorkiewicz P, Srivastava S. 2023. Global profiling of urinary mercapturic acids using integrated library-guided analysis. Environ Sci Technol 57(29):10563-10573. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c09554 PMID:37432892
  • Yeager R, Browning MH, Breyer E, Ossola A, Larson LR, Riggs DW, Rigolon A, Chandler C, Fleischer D, Keith RJ, Walker KL, Hart J, Smith T, Bhatnagar A. 2023. Greenness and equity: Complex connections between intra-neighborhood contexts and residential tree planting implementation. Environ Int 176:107955. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2023.107955 PMID:37196566 PMCID:PMC10367429

2022

  • Hart J, Yeager R, Riggs DW, Fleischer D, Owolabi U, Walker KL, Bhatnagar A, Keith RJ. 2022. The relationship between perceptions and objective measures of greenness. Int J Environ Res Public Health 19(23):16317. doi:10.3390/ijerph192316317 PMID:36498387 PMCID:PMC9736070
  • Lorkiewicz P, Keith RJ, Lynch J, Jin L, Theis W, Krivokhizhina T, Riggs D, Bhatnagar A, Srivastava S, Conklin DJ. 2022. Electronic cigarette solvents, JUUL e-liquids, and biomarkers of exposure: In vivo evidence for acrolein and glycidol in e-cig-derived aerosols. Chem Res Toxicol doi:10.1021/acs.chemrestox.1c00328 PMID:35044764
  • McLeish AC, Smith T, Riggs DW, Hart J, Walker KL, Keith RJ, Anderson L, Sithu ID, Pinilla-Baquero J, Srivastava S, Bhatnagar A. 2022. Community-based evaluation of the associations between well-being and cardiovascular disease risk. J Am Heart Assoc 11(22):e027095. doi:10.1161/JAHA.122.027095 PMID:36370026
  • Riggs DW, Malovichko MV, Gao H, McGraw KE, Taylor BS, Krivokhizhina T, Rai SN, Keith RJ, Bhatnagar A, Srivastava S. 2022. Environmental exposure to volatile organic compounds is associated with endothelial injury. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 437:115877. doi:10.1016/j.taap.2022.115877 PMID:35045333
  • Shuck B, Hart J, Walker KL, Rai J, Srivastava S, Srivastava S, Rai SN, Bhatnagar A, Keith RJ. 2022. Workplace culture and biomarkers of health risk. Int J Environ Res Public Health 19(19):11920. doi:10.3390/ijerph191911920 PMID:36231223 PMCID:PMC9565767
  • Wahlang B, Gripshover T, Gao H, Krivokhizhina T, Keith RJ, Sithu ID, Rai SN, Bhatnagar A, McClain CJ, Srivastava S, Cave MC. 2022. Associations between residential exposure to volatile organic compounds and liver injury markers. Toxicol Sci 185(1):doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfab119 PMID:34668566 PMCID:PMC8714366

2021

  • Pfeiffer JA, Hart J, Wood LA, Bhatnagar A, Keith RJ, Yeager R, Smith T, Tomlinson M, Gilkey D, Kerstiens S, Gao H, Srivastava S, Walker KL. 2021. The importance of urban planning: Views of greenness and open space is reversely associated with self-reported views and depressive symptoms. Popul Med 3:20. doi:10.18332/popmed/139173 PMID:34368779 PMCID:PMC8341459
  • Riggs DW, Yeager R, Conklin DJ, DeJarnett N, Keith RJ, DeFilippis A, Rai SN, Bhatnagar A. 2021. Residential proximity to greenness mitigates the hemodynamic effects of ambient air pollution. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 320(3):doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00689.2020 PMID:33416460 (ahead of print)
  • Wood LA, Tomlinson M, Pfeiffer JA, Walker KL, Keith RJ, Smith T, Yeager R, Bhatnagar A, Kerstiens S, Gilkey D, Gao H, Srivastava S, Hart J. 2021. Time spent outdoors and sleep normality: A preliminary investigation. Popul Med 3:7. doi:10.18332/popmed/132119 PMID:34485920 PMCID:PMC8411876

2020

  • Keith RJ, Fetterman JL, Orimoloye OA, Dardari Z, Lorkiewicz P, Hamburg NM, DeFilippis A, Blaha MJ, Bhatnagar A. 2020. Characterization of volatile organic compound metabolites in cigarette smokers, electronic nicotine device users, dual users, and nonusers of tobacco. Nicotine Tob Res 22:264-272. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntz021 PMID:30759242 PMCID:PMC7297089
  • Yeager R, Riggs DW, DeJarnett N, Srivastava S, Lorkiewicz P, Xie Z, Krivokhizhina T, Keith RJ, Srivastava S, Browning MH, Zafar N, Krishnasamy SS, DeFilippis A, Turner JR, Rai SN, Bhatnagar A. 2020. Association between residential greenness and exposure to volatile organic compounds. Sci Total Environ 707:doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135435 PMID:31865083

2018

  • Lorkiewicz P, Riggs DW, Keith RJ, Conklin DJ, Xie Z, Sutaria S, Lynch BJ, Srivastava S, Bhatnagar A. 2018. Comparison of urinary biomarkers of exposure in humans using electronic cigarettes, combustible cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco. Nicotine Tob Res doi:10.1093/ntr/nty089 PMID:29868926
  • Yeager R, Riggs DW, DeJarnett N, Tollerud DJ, Wilson J, Conklin DJ, O'Toole TE, McCracken J, Lorkiewicz P, Xie Z, Zafar N, Krishnasamy SS, Srivastava S, Finch J, Keith RJ, DeFilippis A, Rai SN, Liu G, Bhatnagar A. 2018. Association between residential greenness and cardiovascular disease risk. J Am Heart Assoc 7(24):e009117. doi:10.1161/JAHA.118.009117 PMID:30561265 PMCID:PMC6405613
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