Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6353272 | Environmental Research | 2012 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Few studies, primarily ecological, have evaluated the relationship between green space and mortality. ⺠We studied associations between green space and death in a 22 year follow-up of 575,000 adults. ⺠Green space was assigned using the remote-sensing derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. ⺠Green space was inversely associated with mortality, particularly, for non-malignant respiratory disease. ⺠Additional research is needed to confirm these findings, and evaluate the potential role of self selection bias.
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Authors
Paul J. Villeneuve, Michael Jerrett, Jason G. Su, Richard T. Burnett, Hong Chen, Amanda J. Wheeler, Mark S. Goldberg,