Assessment of Magical Beliefs about Food and Health

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-209

  Lindeman, Marjaana ^a   Keskivaara, Pertti ^b   Roschier, Maarit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Food; Health; Magical thinking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; THINKING;

EID: 0034054754     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135910530000500210     Document Type: Article

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