Effects of Forest Therapy on Psychological Improvement in Middle-aged Women in Korea |
Park, Bum-Jin
(Department of Forest Environment Resources, Chungnam National University)
Shin, Won-Sop (Department of Forest Science, Chungbuk National University) Shin, Chang-Seob (Department of Forest Science, Chungbuk National University) Yeon, Poung-Sik (Department of Forest Science, Chungbuk National University) Chung, Chung-Yeub (Institute of Mental Health) Lee, Si-Hyung (Healience Seonmaeul) Kim, Dong-Jun (Department of Forest Science, Chungbuk National University) Kim, Youn-Hee (Center for Contemplative Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Park, Chang-Eun (National Center for Forest Therapy) |
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