Association between residential greenness and birth weight: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 621-629

  Dzhambov, Angel M ^a   Dimitrova, Donka D ^b   Dimitrakova, Elena D ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Birth weight; Green spaces; Greenness; Meta analysis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; GREENSPACE; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORESTRY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84922614112     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2014.09.004     Document Type: Review

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