Healthy workplaces: The effects of nature contact at work on employee stress and health

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 124-126

  Largo Wight, Erin ^a   William Chen, W ^b   Dodd, Virginia ^b   Weiler, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; NATURAL SCIENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79957807738     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s116     Document Type: Article

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