Evaluation of thinkfirst for kids injury prevention curriculum for grades 7/8

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 761-768

  Vassilyadi, Michael ^a,b,d   Duquette, Cheryll ^c   Shamji, Mohammed F ^b   Orders, Shari ^c   Dagenais, Simon ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Faculty of Education

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELMET; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT INJURY; TEACHER;

EID: 70350346209     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100008404     Document Type: Article

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