School-based scalds prevention: Reaching children and their families

Health Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-202

  Harré, Niki ^a   Coveney, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALD; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING;

EID: 0034035386     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/15.2.191     Document Type: Article

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