Care farming: Bringing together agriculture and health

Ecos

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 42-51

  Hine, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FARMING SYSTEM; NATURE CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50649099417     PISSN: 01439073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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