Children's risk perception and parents' views on levels of risk that children attach to outdoor activities

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 455-460

  Soori, Hamid ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Injury; Parents; Perception; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; LEISURE; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034189770     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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