Influences of viewing nature through windows

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5346-5351

  Abkar, Mahdieh ^a   Mustafa Kamal, M S ^a   Maulan, Suhardi ^a   Mariapan, Manohar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Health; Veiwing nature; Window

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956076118     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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