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Urban nature and human health

Author: Gilles GALOPIN

Publication date: November 10, 2024

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4. Health

4.1 Definition

Health, long considered only from a pathological point of view, is now studied in a more encompassing framework. In 1946, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity "*. .

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*Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization, as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, June 19-22, 1946; signed on July 22, 1946 by the representatives of 61 States (Official...

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