Restorative effects of visits to urban and forest environments in patients with exhaustion disorder

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 344-354

  Sonntag Öström, Elisabet ^a   Nordin, Maria ^a   Lundell, Ylva ^b   Dolling, Ann ^b   Wiklund, Urban ^a   Karlsson, Marcus ^a   Carlberg, Bo ^a   Slunga Järvholm, Lisbeth ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burnout; City; Human health; Nature; Psychophysiology; Recovery

Indexed keywords

FOREST COVER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WOMENS HEALTH;

EID: 84900468530     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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