When buildings don't work: The role of architecture in human health

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-94

  Evans, Gary W ^a   McCoy, Janetta Mitchell ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002952044     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jevp.1998.0089     Document Type: Article

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