Safety measures taken by Norwegian mothers

Injury Prevention

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-201

  Ueland, Øydis ^a   Kraft, Pål ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Education; Income; Parental behaviour; Safety measures

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MOTHERS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030224322     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2.3.197     Document Type: Article

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