A before and after comparison of the effects of forest walking on the sleep of a community-based sample of people with sleep complaints

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Morita, Emi ^a   Imai, Makoto ^b   Okawa, Masako ^b   Miyaura, Tomiyasu ^c   Miyazaki, Soichiro ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Actual sleep time; Circadian phase; Forest walking (shinrin yoku); St. mary's hospital sleep questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053991467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-5-13     Document Type: Article

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