Stress-reducing effects of real and artificial nature in a hospital waiting room

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-333

  Beukeboom, Camiel J ^a   Langeveld, Dion ^a   Tanja Dijkstra, Karin ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; WAITING ROOM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; ART; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURE; NETHERLANDS; PAINTINGS; PATIENTS; PERCEPTION; PLANTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84862087066     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0488     Document Type: Article

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