Wellness 101: Health education for the university student

Health Education

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-327

  Higgins, S Joan Wharf ^a   Lauzon, Lara L ^a   Yew, Ann C ^b   Bratseth, Christopher D ^a   McLeod, Nicole ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health education; Students; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954238784     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281011052655     Document Type: Article

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