What's in a name: Mortality and the power of symbols

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-254

  Christenfeld, Nicholas ^a   Phillips, David P ^a   Glynn, Laura M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Labeling; Mortality; Names; Symbols

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0033197568     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(99)00035-5     Document Type: Article

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