Smokers' representations of their own smoking: A Q-methodological study

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 641-652

  Collins, Patricia ^a   Maguire, Moria ^b   O'Dell, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Own smoking; Q methodology; Representations; Smokers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036844301     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105302007006868     Document Type: Article

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