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Today, many scientists are conducting studies on influences of natural and arranged environment on the human health and recovery. With regards this issue, they examined garden designs on healthcare institutions, such as hospitals treating particularly different groups of patients, hospice for elderly and rehabilitation centers where mentally and physically disabled people are treated. In this study, efforts were made to determine positive effects of healing gardens on psychological and physical health as well as s...

Our previous study demonstrated the presence of environmental erionite fiber exposure in The Tuzk\"oy town in NevЕџehir located in the Cappadocian Region, Turkey. The aim of this study was to investigate whether environmental erionite exposure increases the incidence of lung cancer and mesothelioma. Method: One hundred and ninty-two deaths from mesothelioma and lung cancer living in the center or in the towns of NevЕџehir were retrospectively (between 1999 and 2003) analyzed. The mortality of lung cancer and mesot...