Therapeutic influences of plants in hospital rooms on surgical recovery

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-105

  Park, Seong Hyun ^a   Mattson, Richard H ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Horticultural therapy; Hospital plant environments; Human issues in horticulture; People plant interaction; Thyroidectomy surgical recovery

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 58849123214     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.1.102     Document Type: Article

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