Neighborhood green, social support, physical activity, and stress: Assessing the cumulative impact

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1202-1211

  Fan, Yingling ^a   Das, Kirti V ^a   Chen, Qian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Green spaces; Greenness; Instrumental variables regression; Neighborhood; Physical activity; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; HEALTH SURVEY; NEIGHBORHOOD; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD GREENESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WELLBEING;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053573937     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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