Attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control as predictors of women's intentions to take hormone replacement therapy

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-216

  Quine, Lyn ^a   Rubin, Rona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MENOPAUSE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0030930755     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8287.1997.tb00536.x     Document Type: Article

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