Green space and pregnancy outcomes: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand

Health and Place

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 21-28

  Nichani, Vikram ^a   Dirks, Kim ^a   Burns, Bruce ^b   Bird, Amy ^a   Morton, Susan ^a   Grant, Cameron ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Infant, Low birth weight; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; New Zealand; Residential characteristics; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GREENSPACE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREEN SPACE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; VEGETATION; ENVIRONMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RECREATIONAL PARK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

NEW ZEALAND;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85018459433     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.04.007     Document Type: Article

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