Effect of information about odor on causal ascriptions for illness

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 411-418

  Williams, Christopher W ^a   Lees Haley, Paul R ^a,b  

^a Lees Haley Psychological Corporation   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; ODOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; ODORS; SMELL;

EID: 0031254048     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.2.411     Document Type: Article

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