Does living by the coast improve health and wellbeing

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1198-1201

  Wheeler, Benedict W ^a   White, Mathew ^a   Stahl Timmins, Will ^a   Depledge, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue space; Coast; Greenspace; Health; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREENSPACE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864824075     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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