Effects of message anxiety on disease detection and health promotion behaviors

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-74

  Millar, Murray G ^a   Millar, Karen U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030555775     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp1801_6     Document Type: Article

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