Health benefits of nature experience: The challenge of linking practice and research

Forests, Trees and Human Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 169-182

  Van Herzele, Ann ^a   Bell, Simon ^b,c   Hartig, Terry ^d   Podesta, Marie Therese Camilleri ^e   Van Zon, Ronald ^f  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^f Independent Consultant   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84900168054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9806-1_6     Document Type: Chapter

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