Sustainable workplaces: Improving staff health and wellbeing using plants

Journal of Corporate Real Estate

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-63

  Haynes, Barry P ^a   Smith, Andrew ^b   Pitt, Michael ^b  

^a Liverpool John Moores University ^*

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Office management; Plants; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992997109     PISSN: 1463001X     EISSN: 14791048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14630010910940552     Document Type: Article

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