The relationship of green space, depressive symptoms and perceived general health in urban population

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 669-676

  Reklaitiene, Regina ^a   Virviciute, Dalia ^a   Tamosiunas, Abdonas ^a   Baceviciene, Migle ^a   Luksiene, Dalia ^a   Sapranaviciute Zabazlajeva, Laura ^a   Radisauskas, Ricardas ^a   Bernotiene, Gailute ^a   Grazuleviciene, Regina ^b   Dedele, Audrius ^b   Vensloviene, Jone ^a   Bobak, Martin ^c   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^d  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; green space proximity; perceived general health; urban population

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EVALUATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84908870546     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494814544494     Document Type: Article

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