Child pedestrian injury prevention project: Student results

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-187

  Cross, Donna ^c   Stevenson, Mark ^a   Hall, Margaret ^c   Burns, Sharyn ^c   Laughlin, Denise ^b   Officer, Jill ^c   Howat, Peter ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Hlth Dept of Western Australia ^*  (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Children; Health promotion; Parent education; Pedestrian injury; Road safety; Schools

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD INJURY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0034015771     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0622     Document Type: Article

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