Area-aggregated assessments of perceived environmental attributes may overcome single-source bias in studies of green environments and health: Results from a cross-sectional survey in southern Sweden

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  De Jong, Kim ^a   Albin, Maria ^a   Skärbäck, Erik ^b   Grahn, Patrik ^b   Wadbro, John ^b   Merlo, Juan ^a   Björk, Jonas ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; GREENBELT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF ASSESSMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GREEN ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANDSCAPE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SATISFACTION; SCANIA GREEN SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651388541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-4     Document Type: Article

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