What information belongs in a warning?

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 663-686

  Fischhoff, Baruch ^a   Riley, Donna ^b   Kovacs, Daniel C ^b   Small, Mitchell ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032220995     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6793(199810)15:7<663::AID-MAR4>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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