Acute Effects of Exposure to a Traditional Rural Environment on Urban Dwellers: A Crossover Field Study in Terraced Farmland

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1874-1893

  Lee, Juyoung ^a   Park, Bum Jin ^b   Ohira, Tatsuro ^c   Kagawa, Takahide ^c   Miyazaki, Yoshifumi ^d  

^a Korea Forest Service   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health benefit of rural environment; Physiological and psychological response; Stress reduction; Terraced paddy field

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; BENZENE; BETA PINENE; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; DECANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DODECANE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTIMATE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEPTANE; HEXANE; ISOPRENE; LIMONENE; META XYLENE; MYRCENE; NONANE; OCTANE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA CYMENE; PARA XYLENE; PINENE; STRESS HORMONE; STYRENE; TERPINENE; TERPINOLENE; TOLUENE; TRIDECANE; VOLATILE AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEALTH IMPACT; PADDY FIELD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL AREA; TERRACE; URBAN AREA;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SELF EVALUATION; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; SLEEP; SMOKING; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; AFFECT; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEART RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930221584     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120201874     Document Type: Article

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