A study of safety-promoting activities for children and adolescents in 25 Swedish municipalities

Health Promotion International

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-226

  Guldbrandsson, Karin ^a,c   Bremberg, Sven ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross sectional; Municipality; Safety promotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2642558609     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dah209     Document Type: Article

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