Planning ahead: the mental health value of natural environments

The Lancet Planetary Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2017, Pages e128-e129

  Craig, Jeffrey M ^a,b,d   Prescott, Susan L ^c,d  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d inFLAME Global Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NOTE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION;

EID: 85038211707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25425196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(17)30068-2     Document Type: Note

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