Integrating Horticulture Into the Vocational Rehabilitation Process of Individuals With Exhaustion Syndrome (Burnout): A Pilot Study

International Journal of Disability Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 39-53

  Millet, Patrick ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

arousal levels; garden environment; pilot study; vocational rehabilitation process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894586251     PISSN: 18338550     EISSN: 18344887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/jdmr.3.2.39     Document Type: Article

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