Effects of short-term forest bathing on human health in a broad-leaved evergreen forest in Zhejiang Province, China

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-324

  Mao, Gen Xiang ^a   Lan, Xiao Guang ^b   Cao, Yong Bao ^a   Chen, Zhuo Mei ^c   He, Zhi Hua ^b   Lv, Yuan Dong ^a   Wang, Ya Zhen ^a   Hu, Xi Lian ^a   Wang, Guo Fu ^a   Yan, Jing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Forestry Department of Zhejiang Province   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG FORESTRY ACADEMY   (China)

Author keywords

Cortisol level; Endothelin 1; Forest bathing; Inflammation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BLOOD; CHINA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NATURAL SCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; TREE;

BATHS; CHINA; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE STYLE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; NATURE; RECREATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; TREES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864270036     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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