Health benefits of nature experience: Implications of practice for research

Forests, Trees and Human Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 183-202

  Bell, Simon ^a,b   Van Zon, Ronald ^c   Van Herzele, Ann ^d   Hartig, Terry ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c Institute for Nature and Forest Research ^*

^d Institute for Nature and Forest Research   (Belgium)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84900278576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9806-1_7     Document Type: Chapter

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