Life course, green space and health: Incorporating place into life course epidemiology

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Pearce, Jamie ^a   Shortt, Niamh ^a   Rind, Esther ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Green space; Health; Health inequalities; Life course; Place

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GREENSPACE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA;

FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LAND USE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCIENTIST; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL SCIENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCOTLAND; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EDINBURGH [EDINBURGH (ADS)]; EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962616569     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13030331     Document Type: Article

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