What About the Trees? Trees as Nature-Based “Shade Sails”

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ID11028435
AuthorsRobert Zarr (Robert Zarr is founder and medical director of Park Rx America and staff pediatrician at Unity Health Care, Inc, Washington, DC. Tamberly Conway is a partnerships, diversity, and inclusion specialist in the Conservation Education Program under State and Private Forestry at the United States Forest Service, Washington, DC.), Tamberly Conway (Robert Zarr is founder and medical director of Park Rx America and staff pediatrician at Unity Health Care, Inc, Washington, DC. Tamberly Conway is a partnerships, diversity, and inclusion specialist in the Conservation Education Program under State and Private Forestry at the United States Forest Service, Washington, DC.)
Year2017
Volume107
Issue12
Pages1876-1877
Publication date2017-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2017.304155
PMID29116859
OpenAlexW2767933818
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited3

An editorial is presented which addresses the concept of trees as nature-based shade sails for individuals, and it mentions articles in the journal which deal with topics such as interventions aimed at reducing skin cancer. According to the article, a lack of sufficient time outdoors in a natural setting (nature deficit) can lead to obesity, hypertension, and other chronic diseases. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation and trees in urban areas are examined

Combinatorics · Geography · Tree (set theory) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Mathematics · Urban Green Space and Health · Urban Transport and Accessibility

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