Neighborhood blight, stress, and health: A walking trial of urban greening and ambulatory heart rate

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 909-913

  South, Eugenia C ^a   Kondo, Michelle C ^b   Cheney, Rose A ^a   Branas, Charles C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULATORY MONITORING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WALKING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PHILADELPHIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84926682777     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302526     Document Type: Article

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