Accuracy of smokers' risk perceptions

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-140

  Weinstein, Neil D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032443612     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02884459     Document Type: Article

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