Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective

Science Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2019, Pages

  Bratman, Gregory N ^a,b   Anderson, Christopher B ^b   Berman, Marc G ^c   Cochran, Bobby ^d   de Vries, Sjerp ^e   Flanders, Jon ^f,g   Folke, Carl ^h,i   Frumkin, Howard ^a,j   Gross, James J ^b   Hartig, Terry ^k   Kahn, Peter H ^a   Kuo, Ming ^l   Lawler, Joshua J ^a   Levin, Phillip S ^a,m   Lindahl, Therese ^h   Meyer Lindenberg, Andreas ⁿ   Mitchell, Richard ^o   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^p   Roe, Jenny ^q   Scarlett, Lynn ^m   Smith, Jeffrey R ^b   van den Bosch, Matilda ^r   Wheeler, Benedict W ^s   White, Mathew P ^s   Zheng, Hua ^p   Daily, Gretchen C ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Willamette Partnership   (United States)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^h ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^k UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^m THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^p RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^q UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^s UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GROWING BODIES; HEALTH SCIENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; WELL BEING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL SCIENCE; RISK REDUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85070020051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0903     Document Type: Review

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