Fifty shades of green

Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 63-71

  Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,b,c   Khreis, Haneen ^d   Triguero Mas, Margarita ^a,b,c   Gascon, Mireia ^a,b,c   Dadvand, Payam ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREEN SPACE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; PLANT; TEMPERATURE; URBAN HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PLANTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84981717418     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000549     Document Type: Review

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