Health promoting schools and health promotion in schools: two systematic reviews.
Health Technology AssessmentPublished 1 January 1999Open access
D Lister-Sharp, Susan Chapman, Sarah Stewart‐Brown, Amanda Sowden
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Requests for unpublished data were made to individuals and organisations in the field of health promotion and for 'grey' literature: SIGLE, DHSS Data, and Dissertation Abstracts.
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