Can green structure reduce the mortality of cardiovascular diseases?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 566-567, Issue , 2016, Pages 1159-1167

  Shen, Yu Sheng ^a   Lung, Shih Chun Candice ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Green structure; Landscape metric; Mortality of cardiovascular disease; Partial least squares modeling; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOLOGY; HEALTH; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE;

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; GREEN SPACES; GREEN STRUCTURES; LANDSCAPE METRIC; LIVING ENVIRONMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES MODELS;

DISEASES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GREENSPACE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN PLANNING;

AGGREGATION INDEX; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DENSITY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GREEN STRUCTURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; LANDSCAPE PROPORTION; LARGEST PATCH INDEX; LATENT PERIOD; METHODOLOGY; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; PATCH DENSITY; PATCH DISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CITY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TAIWAN;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84973577881     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.159     Document Type: Article

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