Correlates of health screening utilization: The roles of health beliefs and self-regulation motivation

Psychology and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-317

  Shiloh, Shoshana ^a   Vinter, Maya ^a   Barak, Azy ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0031511981     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449708406709     Document Type: Article

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