Well-being and environmental quality: Does pollution affect life satisfaction?

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 699-705

  Orru, Kati ^a   Orru, Hans ^a   Maasikmets, Marek ^b   Hendrikson, Reigo ^a   Ainsaar, Mare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Eesti Keskkonnauuringute Keskus   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Air quality; Environmental pollution; Life satisfaction; Subjective health assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; LIFE SATISFACTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; WELLBEING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84958766811     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-015-1104-6     Document Type: Article

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