The health effects of a forest environment on subclinical cardiovascular disease and heath-related quality of life

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Tsao, Tsung Ming ^a   Tsai, Ming Jer ^a   Wang, Ya Nan ^a   Lin, Heng Lun ^b   Wu, Chang Fu ^a   Hwang, Jing Shiang ^c   Hsu, Sandy H J ^b   Chao, Hsing ^d   Chuang, Kai Jen ^d   Chou, Charles C K ^e   Su, Ta Chen ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOREST; FOREST WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE BREF QUESTIONNAIRE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84904867982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103231     Document Type: Article

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