Greenspace seems protective of both high and low blood pressure among residents of an Alpine valley

Environment International

Volumn 121, Issue , 2018, Pages 443-452

  Dzhambov, Angel M ^a   Markevych, Iana ^b,c   Lercher, Peter ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Garden; Green spaces; Greenness; Hypertension; Mediation

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HOUSING; LANDFORMS; VEGETATION;

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; GARDEN; GREEN SPACES; GREENNESS; HYPERTENSION; MEDIATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GARDEN; GREENSPACE; HYPERTENSION; URBAN AREA; VALLEY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FEMALE; FOREST; GREENSPACE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; ENVIRONMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRIA;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85054033701     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.09.044     Document Type: Article

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