Unrealistic optimism and genetic risk

Psychology and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 479-492

  Welkenhuysen, Myriam ^a   Evers Kiebooms, Gerry ^a   Decruyenaere, Marleen ^a   Van Berghe, Herman Den ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genetic risk; Risk perception; Unrealistic optimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030532292     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449608401984     Document Type: Article

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