How Forests Foster Human Health - Present State of Research-Based Knowledge (in the Field of Forests and Human Health)

International Forestry Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 421-446

  Meyer, K ^a   Burger Arndt R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

forest exposure; forest health benefits; German speaking countries; preventive health care; stress reduction

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; FOREST HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84939234169     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/146554814813484103     Document Type: Article

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