Neighborhood greenspace and health in a large urban center

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kardan, Omid ^a   Gozdyra, Peter ^b   Misic, Bratislav ^c   Moola, Faisal ^d   Palmer, Lyle J ^e   Paus, Tomáš ^f   Berman, Marc G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d David Suzuki Foundation   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948167841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11610     Document Type: Article

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