Mindset, optimistic bias about personal risk and health-protective behaviour

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-300

  Weinstein, Neil D ^a   Lyon, Judith E ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032693257     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910799168641     Document Type: Article

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