Usefulness of the protection motivation theory in explaining hearing protection device use among male industrial workers

Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-215

  Melamed, Samuel ^a,b   Rabinowitz, Stanley ^a,b   Feiner, Mabel ^a   Weisberg, Esther ^a   Ribak, Joseph ^a,b  

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hearing protectors; Industrial workers; Noise exposure; Protection motivation theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0030138734     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.15.3.209     Document Type: Article

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