A primrose path? Moderating effects of age and gender in the association between green space and mental health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Bos, Elisabeth H ^a   van der Meulen, Leon ^b   Wichers, Marieke ^a   Jeronimus, Bertus F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Green environment; Quality of life; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGE; GENDER; GREENSPACE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUTCHMAN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GREEN SPACE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PLEASURE; PRIMROSE PATH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

NETHERLANDS;

PRIMULA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966269113     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13050492     Document Type: Article

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