Outcomes of environmental appraisal of different hospital waiting areas

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 842-869

  Leather, Phil ^a   Beale, Diane ^a   Santos, Angeli ^a   Watts, Janine ^a   Lee, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Environmental appraisal; Hospitals; Stress

Indexed keywords

DESIGN;

EID: 0344586661     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916503254777     Document Type: Article

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