Child safety education and the world wide web: An evaluation of the content and quality of online resources

Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-61

  Isaac, D ^a   Cusimano, M D ^a   Sherman, A ^a   Chipman, M ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHILD; INFORMATION SERVICE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHILD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 2142813716     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2003.003327     Document Type: Article

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