Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 1 , Pages 54-63, January 2007

Psychological effects of forest environments on healthy adults: Shinrin-yoku (forest-air bathing, walking) as a possible method of stress reduction

  • E. Morita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Promotion and Human Behaviour, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81757534641; fax: +81757534452.
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  • S. Fukuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Promotion and Human Behaviour, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501
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  • J. Nagano

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • N. Hamajima

      Affiliations

    • Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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  • H. Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Y. Iwai

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • T. Nakashima

      Affiliations

    • Field Science Education and Research Centre, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • H. Ohira

      Affiliations

    • Nagoya University Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya, Japan
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  • T. Shirakawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Promotion and Human Behaviour, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501

Received 18 August 2005; received in revised form 18 April 2006; accepted 17 May 2006.

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00146-6

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.024

Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 1 , Pages 54-63, January 2007

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