Effects of changing exposure to neighbourhood greenness on general and mental health: A longitudinal study

Health and Place

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-56

  Weimann, Hanna ^a   Rylander, Lars ^a   Albin, Maria ^a   Skärbäck, Erik ^b   Grahn, Patrik ^b   Östergren, Per Olof ^a   Björk, Jonas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

General health; Green quality; Longitudinal data; Mental health; Neighborhood perceptions

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; LOCATION DECISION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; GREENNESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATIONAL PARK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924076013     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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