A 2018 popular-science book by Qing Li, a physician on the faculty of Nippon Medical School and founding chairman of the Japanese Society for Forest Medicine, who has conducted peer-reviewed clinical research on shinrin-yoku since the early 2000s. The book explains the practice's Japanese governmental origin and summarises Li's own studies finding measurable effects on stress hormones and immune markers after time spent in forest settings. Its strength is that the author is the primary researcher rather than a popularizer restating others' work; its limit is that it is written for a general trade audience and does not carry the peer-review scrutiny of the journal articles it draws on.
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Reliability Tier2
Author is a physician and founding chairman of the Japanese Society for Forest Medicine, whose own peer-reviewed clinical research on forest bathing's physiological effects (natural killer cell activity, stress hormones) underlies the book. The book itself is a popular-science trade title rather than a peer-reviewed publication, so it sits a tier below the primary research it summarises, but the author is the researcher, not a secondary popularizer. Citation
AuthorQing Li
PublisherViking
Publication Year2018
Source TypeBook (popular)
Claims Backed By This Source (24 claims)
This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Practices, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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