A Bidirectional Associations between Urban Physical Environment and Mental Health: A theoretical framework

This paper examines the influence of the urban physical environment on mental health. A scoping review of reviews and a search of keywords from 109 international literatures from 1985 to 2019 conducted in a relevant database such as SCOPUS, Web of Science, and PubMed and snowballing method in the re...

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Main Authors: Ghazali, NM (Author), Leh, OLH (Author), Marzukhi, MA (Author), Yakob, H (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
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