Schools and health education: What works, what is needed, and why?

Health Education

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-8

  Marks, Ray ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Children (kinship); Evidence; Health education; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993102027     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280910923345     Document Type: Article

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