Children's acquisition and retention of safety skills: The lifeskills program

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-165

  Lamb, R ^a   Joshi, M S ^a   Carter, W ^a   Cowburn, G ^b   Matthews, A ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SAFETY; STUDENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745840858     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.010769     Document Type: Article

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