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Socioeconomics, Planning, and Management

Forest bathing diminishes anxiety in undergraduate students: a pilot study in the Valdivian temperate rainforest

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Pages 463-467 | Received 31 Aug 2022, Accepted 27 Jun 2023, Published online: 12 Jul 2023

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