Elementary school teachers' involvement in firearm safety education

Journal of School Health

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 105-111

  Price, James H ^d   Murnan, Judy ^d   Thompson, Amy J ^b   Dake, Joseph A ^c   Telljohann, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; FACULTY; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 85047691098     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2005.tb06650.x     Document Type: Article

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