Exposure to greenness and mortality in a nationwide prospective cohort study of women

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1344-1352

  James, Peter ^a   Hart, Jaime E ^a,b   Banay, Rachel F ^a   Laden, Francine ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREENNESS EXPOSURE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84974681261     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510363     Document Type: Article

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