Local availability of green and blue space and prevalence of common mental disorders in the Netherlands

BJPsych Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 366-372

  De Vries, Sjerp ^b   Ten Have, Margreet ^a   Van Dorsselaer, Saskia ^a   Van Wezep, Manja ^a   Hermans, Tia ^b   De Graaf, Ron ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85015691763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20564724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002469     Document Type: Article

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