Knowledge and perceptions about back education among elementary school students, teachers, and parents in Belgium

Journal of School Health

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 100-106

  Cardon, Greet ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   De Clercq, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACKACHE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNIVERSITY;

BACK PAIN; BELGIUM; CHILD; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036513671     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2002.tb06524.x     Document Type: Article

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