Information through television: Does it promote child safety?

Injury Prevention

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-40

  Sundelin, Claes ^a   Rasmussen, Finn ^a   Berfenstam, Ragnar ^b   Troedsson, Kerstin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Social Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Parent education; Preschool children; Safety promotion; Television

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; SWEDEN; TELEVISION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; SAFETY; SWEDEN; TELEVISION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030089451     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2.1.36     Document Type: Article

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