Ecosystem services and preventive medicine: A natural connection

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 642-645

  Jennings, Viniece L ^a   Larson, Claire K ^b   Larson, Lincoln R ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84949871127     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

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