Promoting school connectedness through whole school approaches

Health Education

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 524-542

  Rowe, Fiona ^a   Stewart, Donald ^a   Patterson, Carla ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health education; Schools; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548963809     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280710827920     Document Type: Article

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