Toward improved public health outcomes from urban nature

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 470-477

  Shanahan, Danielle F ^a   Lin, Brenda B ^b   Bush, Robert ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^c   Dean, Julie H ^a   Barber, Elizabeth ^a   Fuller, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSALITY; CITY PLANNING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NATURAL SCIENCE; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

CAUSALITY; CITY PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; NATURE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84922739776     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302324     Document Type: Article

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