The impact of green stormwater infrastructure installation on surrounding health and safety

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e114-e121

  Kondo, Michelle C ^a,b   Low, Sarah C ^a   Henning, Jason ^a,c   Branas, Charles C ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Davey Trees Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SEWAGE;

COMPLICATION; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL SCIENCE; PENNSYLVANIA; PLANT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SANITATION; SEWAGE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER QUALITY;

CRIME; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NATURE; PHILADELPHIA; PLANTS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SEWAGE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84922729979     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302314     Document Type: Article

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