Gender differences in relationships between urban green space and health in the United Kingdom

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 568-575

  Richardson, Elizabeth A ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental quality; Gender; Green space; Mortality; Self reported health; UK

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DISEASE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GENDER ISSUE; GREENSPACE; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAND USE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954034412     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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