Is tree loss associated with cardiovascular-disease risk in the Women's Health Initiative? A natural experiment

Health and Place

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Donovan, Geoffrey H ^a   Michael, Yvonne L ^b   Gatziolis, Demetrios ^a   Prestemon, Jeffrey P ^c   Whitsel, Eric A ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Lower respiratory; Natural environment; Pubic health

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERALD ASH BORER; FEMALE; FOREST PEST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SILENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREE; TREE LOSS; CORONARY DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TREES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84940516495     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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