Children's perceptions of health and illness: Images and lay concepts in preadolescence

Health Education Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 643-653

  Piko, Bettina F ^a   Bak, Judit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; WRITING;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 33749000580     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl034     Document Type: Article

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