Parents' knowledge and attitudes about preventing injuries in motor vehicle accidents in children in Greece

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-134

  Tsoumakas, Konstantinos ^a   Mavridi, Fotini ^a,b   Matziou, Vasiliki ^a   Androulakis, Ioannis ^a  

^a Aghlaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital   (Greece)

^b Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Child seat; Helmet; Injury prevention; Parents' perceptions; Seat belt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 41849104169     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580701775843     Document Type: Article

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