Greening the human environment: The untold benefits

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 916, Issue , 2011, Pages 159-169

  Lohr, V I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gardens; Health; Human issues in horticulture; Human well being; Landscape; People plant interaction; Plants; Response to nature

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84859396043     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2011.916.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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