Residential greenness and prevalence of major depressive disorders: a cross-sectional, observational, associational study of 94 879 adult UK Biobank participants

The Lancet Planetary Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2018, Pages e162-e173

  Sarkar, Chinmoy ^a   Webster, Chris ^a   Gallacher, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CITY PLANNING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85047230735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25425196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30051-2     Document Type: Article

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