The nature contact questionnaire: A measure of healthy workplace exposure

Work

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-423

  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

Employee stress; Healthy places; Nature contact; Work environment; Worksite health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL SCIENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84859932173     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2011-1253     Document Type: Article

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