Residential green space and child intelligence and behavior across urban, suburban, and rural areas in Belgium: A longitudinal birth cohort study of twins.

BACKGROUND:Exposure to green space has beneficial effects on several cognitive and behavioral aspects. However, to our knowledge, no study addressed intelligence as outcome. We investigated whether the level of urbanicity can modify the association of residential green space with intelligence and be...

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Main Authors: Esmée M Bijnens, Catherine Derom, Evert Thiery, Steven Weyers, Tim S Nawrot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-08-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003213