Visiting outdoor green environments positively impacts self-rated health among older people in long-term care

HortTechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-59

  Rappe, Erja ^a   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^b   Rita, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Human well being; Nursing home; Outdoor visit; Park; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 29844433410     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.16.1.0055     Document Type: Article

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