BlueHealth: A study programme protocol for mapping and quantifying the potential benefits to public health and well-being from Europe's blue spaces

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Grellier, James ^a,b   White, Mathew P ^a   Albin, Maria ^c,d   Bell, Simon ^e,f   Elliott, Lewis R ^a   Gascón, Mireia ^g,h,i   Gualdi, Silvio ^j   Mancini, Laura ^k   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^g,h,i   Sarigiannis, Denis A ^l   Van Den Bosch, Matilda ^m,n   Wolf, Tanja ^m   Wuijts, Susanne ^o   Fleming, Lora E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

ⁱ CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^j CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^k ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^l ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁿ WHO European Centre for Environment and Health   (Germany)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

epidemiology; mental health; natural environment; public health; well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; URBAN AREA; VIRTUAL REALITY; WELLBEING; HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; RECREATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

FRESH WATER;

EUROPE; FRESH WATER; HEALTH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL PLANNING;

EID: 85020540217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016188     Document Type: Article

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