The Western Australian School Health Project: Comparing the effects of intervention intensity on organizational support for school health promotion

Health Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-72

  McBride, Nyanda ^a  

^a Natl Ctr Res Prev of Drug Abuse   (Australia)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TRAINING;

EID: 0033951641     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/15.1.59     Document Type: Article

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