The effect of viewing a landscape on physiological health of elderly women

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 187-202

  Tang, Joyce W ^a   Brown, Robert D ^a  

^a University of Guelph ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention restoration theory; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Human health; Landscape architecture; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747772759     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J081v19n03_10     Document Type: Article

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