A Qualitative Assessment of Inner City Elementary School Children's Perceptions of Their Neighborhood

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-179

  Polivka, Barbara J ^a,c   Lovell, Mariann ^a   Smith, Barbara A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SATISFACTION; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OHIO; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0032089223     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1998.tb00336.x     Document Type: Article

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