Connectedness to nature and public (Skin) health perspectives: Results of a representative, population-based survey among austrian residents

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1176-1191

  Haluza, Daniela ^a   Simic, Stana ^b   Höltge, Jan ^a   Cervinka, Renate ^a   Moshammer, Hanns ^a  

^a Medical University of Vienna and Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Connectedness to nature; Gender differences; Melanoma; Public Health; Questionnaire survey; Skin cancer prevention

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MELANISM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

AUSTRIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SUNBATHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892758847     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110101176     Document Type: Article

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