Acknowledging educational perspectives on health promoting schools

Health Education

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 240-251

  Keshavarz Mohammadi, Nastaran ^a   Rowling, Louise ^b   Nutbeam, Don ^c  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Health education; Principals; Schools; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954240205     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281011052619     Document Type: Article

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