Greener living environment healthier people? Exploring green space, physical activity and health in the Doetinchem Cohort Study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue , 2016, Pages 7-14

  Picavet, H Susan J ^a   Milder, Ivon ^a   Kruize, Hanneke ^a   de Vries, Sjerp ^b   Hermans, Tia ^b   Wendel Vos, Wanda ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Cohort studies; Green space; Health; Obesity; Physical activity; SF36

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GARDENING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL AREA; SPORT; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84969651339     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.04.021     Document Type: Article

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