Adolescent and adult mothers' perceptions of hazardous situations for their children

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-231

  McClure Martinez, Kimberley ^a   Cohn, Lawrence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent parenting; Injury control; Perceived risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JUDGMENT; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0029880029     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1054-139X(95)00166-P     Document Type: Article

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