Evaluation of a poison prevention lesson for kindergarten and third grade students

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 218-221

  Liller, Karen D ^a   Craig, Janice ^a   Crane, Nancy ^b   McDermott, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTOXICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POISONING; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0032161345     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.3.218     Document Type: Article

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