Urban green space, tree canopy, and prevention of heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes: a longitudinal study

Background: While many studies suggest there are health benefits of urban green space, relatively few have explored potential for prevention of major non-communicable diseases. Those which have tend to rely on cross-sectional data that is vulnerable to reverse causation and also typically focus on t...

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Main Authors: Thomas Astell-Burt, ProfPhD, Xiaoqi Feng, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:The Lancet Planetary Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519619301597