Baby walkers: Paediatricians' knowledge, attitudes, and health promotion

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1084-1085

  Rhodes, K ^a   Kendrick, D ^b   Collier, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BABY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WALKING AID;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0347951017     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.12.1084     Document Type: Article

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