Parental safety-related knowledge and practices associated with visiting a mobile safety center in a low-income urban population

Family and Community Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-158

  Bulzacchelli, Maria T ^a,b   Gielen, Andrea Carlson ^a   Shields, Wendy C ^a   McDonald, Eileen M ^a   Frattaroli, Shannon ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child safety; Community intervention; Injury prevention; Mobile units; Precaution adoption process model

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549107234     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e31819947a6     Document Type: Article

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