Doses of neighborhood nature: The benefits for mental health of living with nature

BioScience

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 147-155

  Cox, Daniel T C ^a   Shanahan, Danielle F ^c   Hudson, Hannah L ^b   Plummer, Kate E ^c   Siriwardena, Gavin M ^a   Fuller, Richard A ^a   Anderson, Karen ^a   Hancock, Steven ^d   Gaston, Kevin J ^e  

^a Karen Anderson Is A Senior Lects   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Nunnery   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

DAS scale; dose response; exposure to nature; population attributable fraction; urban nature

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017355072     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biw173     Document Type: Review

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