Access to green space, physical activity and mental health: A twin study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 523-529

  Cohen Cline, Hannah ^a   Turkheimer, Eric ^b   Duncan, Glen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREENSPACE; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; NDVI; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VEGETATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TWINS; WASHINGTON;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84983103167     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204667     Document Type: Article

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