Approaching environmental health disparities and green spaces: An ecosystem services perspective

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1952-1968

  Jennings, Viniece ^a   Gaither, Cassandra Johnson ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Environmental health disparities; Green space; Nature; Parks; Urban health

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ETHNICITY; GREENSPACE; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; RECREATION; SYNECOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922570575     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120201952     Document Type: Article

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