Beliefs and practices to prevent drowning among Vietnamese-American adolescents and parents

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 427-429

  Quan, L ^a,b   Crispin, B ^a   Bennett, E ^a   Gomez, A ^c  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DROWNING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWIMMING; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DROWNING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; SWIMMING; VIETNAM;

EID: 33846136952     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.011486     Document Type: Article

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