A cross-sectional analysis of the effects of residential greenness on blood pressure in 10-year old children: Results from the GINIplus and LISAplus studies

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Markevych, Iana ^a,b   Thiering, Elisabeth ^a,b   Fuertes, Elaine ^a,c   Sugiri, Dorothea ^d   Berdel, Dietrich ^e   Koletzko, Sibylle ^b   Von Berg, Andrea ^e   Bauer, Carl Peter ^f   Heinrich, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MARIEN HOSPITAL WESEL   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; Green spaces; Greenness; NDVI

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NOISE; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84901696336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-477     Document Type: Article

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