Time Spent Outdoors, Depressive Symptoms, and Variation by Race and Ethnicity

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 281-290

  Beyer, Kirsten M M ^a   Szabo, Aniko ^a   Nattinger, Ann B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MODEL; RACE; TIME; ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84989921485     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.05.004     Document Type: Article

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