'Inclined abstainers': A problem for predicting health-related behaviour

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-165

  Orbell, Sheina ^a   Sheeran, Paschal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0009097758     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1998.tb01162.x     Document Type: Article

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