Parent's adherence to children's home-accident preventive measures

International Nursing Review

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 369-374

  Tsoumakas, K ^c   Dousis, E ^a,c   Mavridi, F ^b   Gremou, A ^c   Matziou, V ^d  

^a Educational Nursing Officer   (Bulgaria)

^b Clinical Nurse   (Greece)

^c Clinical Nurse ^*  (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Childhood; Greece; Home accidents; Parental adherence; Preventive measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949119963     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2009.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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