Ecological approaches to the prevention of unintentional injuries

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 24-31

  Allegrante, John P ^a   Hanson, Dale W ^b   Sleet, David A ^c   Marks, Ray ^d,e  

^a Department of Sociomedical Sciences Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecologic model; Injury prevention; Public health; Safe communities; Safety promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851505511     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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