Green space and mortality following ischemic stroke

Environmental Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-48

  Wilker, Elissa H ^a,b   Wu, Chih Da ^b,c   McNeely, Eileen ^b   Mostofsky, Elizabeth ^a   Spengler, John ^b   Wellenius, Gregory A ^d   Mittleman, Murray A ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Green space; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GREENSPACE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NDVI; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROAD; STROKE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREEN SPACE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION;

ISRAEL;

ENVIRONMENT; GREEN SPACE; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILES; BOSTON; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901795160     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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