Health and nature - New challenges for health promotion

Health Promotion International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-175

  St Leger, Lawrence ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0042839660     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dag012     Document Type: Editorial

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