Residential greenness: Current perspectives on its impact on maternal health and pregnancy outcomes

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2017, Pages 133-144

  Banay, Rachel F ^a   Bezold, Carla P ^a   James, Peter ^a,b   Hart, Jaime E ^a,b   Laden, Francine ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Green space; Greenness; Infant health; Prenatal health

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 85016154150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S125358     Document Type: Review

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