Developing a school asthma policy

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 112-123

  McGhan, Shawna L ^b   Reutter, Linda I ^c   Hessel, Patrick A ^a   Melvin, Darrel ^a   Wilson, Douglas R ^c  

^a David Thompson Health Region   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Policy; School health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ALBERTA; ASTHMA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036517963     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19206.x     Document Type: Article

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