Social contacts as a possible mechanism behind the relation between green space and health

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 586-595

  Maas, Jolanda ^a   van Dillen, Sonja M E ^b   Verheij, Robert A ^a   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b CIZ   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Green space; Health; Loneliness; Psychiatric morbidity; Social support

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; HEALTH IMPACT; MORBIDITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58049104035     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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