An ecological study investigating the association between access to urban green space and mental health

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1005-1011

  Nutsford, D ^a   Pearson, A L ^b   Kingham, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Geographic Information Systems; Green space; Mental health; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; GREENSPACE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECOLOGY; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN GREEN SPACE;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84888292510     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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