Restorative places or scary spaces? The impact of woodland on the mental well-being of young adults

Health and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 799-811

  Milligan, Christine ^a   Bingley, Amanda ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood play; Mental well being; Therapeutic landscapes; Woodland; Young people

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; MENTAL HEALTH; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WOODLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOREST; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL SCIENCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34347340620     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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