Blue care: a systematic review of blue space interventions for health and wellbeing.
There is increasing interest in the potential use of outdoor water environments, or blue space, in the promotion of human health and wellbeing. However, therapeutic nature-based practices are currently outpacing policy and the evidence base for health or wellbeing benefits of therapeutic interventio...
| Publicado en: | Health Promotion International Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 50 - 70 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2020
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