Effects of interior plantscapes on indoor environments and stress level of high school students

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-454

  Park, So Young ^a   Song, Jin Su ^b   Kim, Hyoung Deug ^c   Yamane, Kenji ^a   Son, Ki Cheol ^b  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Classroom; Image profile; Relative humidity; Saliva cortisol; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949124206     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.77.447     Document Type: Article

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