Landscape biodiversity correlates with respiratory health in Australia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 206, Issue , 2018, Pages 113-122

  Liddicoat, Craig ^a,b   Bi, Peng ^c   Waycott, Michelle ^a,b   Glover, John ^d   Lowe, Andrew J ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Water and Natural Resources   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d TORRENS UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biodiversity hypothesis; Ecological epidemiology; Lasso

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY HYPOTHESIS; ECOLOGICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN HEALTH; IMMUNOMODULATORY; LASSO; MEGATRENDS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTROSPECTION; LANDSCAPE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 85032854707     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.10.007     Document Type: Article

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