Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: Theoretical and methodological guidance

Environmental Research

Volumn 158, Issue , 2017, Pages 301-317

  Markevych, Iana ^a,b   Schoierer, Julia ^a   Hartig, Terry ^c   Chudnovsky, Alexandra ^d   Hystad, Perry ^e   Dzhambov, Angel M ^f   de Vries, Sjerp ^g   Triguero Mas, Margarita ^h,i,j   Brauer, Michael ^k   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^h,i,j   Lupp, Gerd ^l   Richardson, Elizabeth A ^m   Astell Burt, Thomas ⁿ   Dimitrova, Donka ^f   Feng, Xiaoqi ⁿ   Sadeh, Maya ^d   Standl, Marie ^b   Heinrich, Joachim ^a,b   Fuertes, Elaine ^h,i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^j CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^l TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Green spaces; Greenness; Greenspace; Mediation analysis; Pathways

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREENSPACE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; GREENSPACE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEAT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NOISE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS MANAGEMENT; STUDY DESIGN; WORKSHOP; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EXERCISE; HUMANS;

EID: 85021677559     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.06.028     Document Type: Review

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