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The Relationship Between Trees and Human Health Evidence from the Spread of the Emerald Ash Borer
Geoffrey H. Donovan,David T. Butry,Yvonne L. Michael,Jeffrey P. Prestemon,Andrew M. Liebhold,Demetrios Gatziolis,Megan Y. Mao +6 more
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It is suggested that loss of trees to the emerald ash borer increased mortality related to cardiovascular and lower-respiratory-tract illness, adding to the growing evidence that the natural environment provides major public health benefits.About:
This article is published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 2013-02-01. It has received 351 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Emerald ash borer.read more
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Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: Theoretical and methodological guidance.
Iana Markevych,Julia Schoierer,Terry Hartig,Alexandra Chudnovsky,Perry Hystad,Angel M. Dzhambov,Sjerp de Vries,Margarita Triguero-Mas,Michael Brauer,Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen,Gerd Lupp,Elizabeth A. Richardson,Thomas Astell-Burt,Donka D. Dimitrova,Xiaoqi Feng,Maya Sadeh,Marie Standl,Joachim Heinrich,Elaine Fuertes +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, potential pathways linking greenspace to health are presented in three domains, which emphasize three general functions of greenspace: reducing harm (e.g., reducing exposure to air pollution, noise and heat), restoring capacities (i.e., attention restoration and physiological stress recovery), and encouraging physical activity and facilitating social cohesion). Interrelations between among the three domains are also noted.
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Emerald Ash Borer Invasion of North America: History, Biology, Ecology, Impacts, and Management
TL;DR: Emerald ash borer is characterized by stratified dispersal resulting from natural and human-assisted spread, and substantial effort has been devoted to the development of survey methods.
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Exposure to Neighborhood Green Space and Mental Health: Evidence from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin
Kirsten M. M. Beyer,Andrea Kaltenbach,Aniko Szabo,Sandra Bogar,F. Javier Nieto,Kristen Malecki +5 more
TL;DR: Higher levels of neighborhood green space were associated with significantly lower levels of symptomology for depression, anxiety and stress, after controlling for a wide range of confounding factors.
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Residential green spaces and mortality: A systematic review.
Mireia Gascon,Margarita Triguero-Mas,David Martinez,Payam Dadvand,David Rojas-Rueda,Antoni Plasència,Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen +6 more
TL;DR: This review supports the hypothesis that living in areas with higher amounts of green spaces reduces mortality, mainly CVD, and suggests that cohort studies with more and better covariate data, improved green space assessment and accounting for socioeconomic status are needed to provide further and more complete evidence.
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View through a window may influence recovery from surgery
TL;DR: Surgical patients assigned to rooms with windows looking out on a natural scene had shorter postoperative hospital stays, received fewer negative evaluative comments in nurses' notes, and took fewer potent analgesics than matched patients in similar Rooms with windows facing a brick building wall.
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Cardiovascular Mortality and Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution Epidemiological Evidence of General Pathophysiological Pathways of Disease
C. Arden Pope,Richard T. Burnett,George D. Thurston,Michael J. Thun,Eugenia E. Calle,Daniel Krewski,John J. Godleski +6 more
TL;DR: Fine particulate air pollution is a risk factor for cause-specific cardiovascular disease mortality via mechanisms that likely include pulmonary and systemic inflammation, accelerated atherosclerosis, and altered cardiac autonomic function.
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Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using Green Infrastructure: A literature review
Konstantinos Tzoulas,Kalevi Korpela,Stephen Venn,Vesa Yli-Pelkonen,Aleksandra Kazmierczak,Jari Niemelä,Philip James +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual framework of associations between urban green space and ecosystem and human health is proposed, which highlights many dynamic factors, and their complex interactions, affecting ecosystem health and human Health in urban areas.