Injury prevention attitudes and awareness in New Zealand

Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-47

  Hooper, R ^a   Coggan, Carolyn ^a   Adams, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Accident Compensation Corporation   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0038362193     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.1.42     Document Type: Article

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