Risk Perceptions and Their Relation to Risk Behavior

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-130

  Brewer, Noel T ^a   Weinstein, Neil D ^a   Cuite, Cara L ^a   Herrington Jr , James E ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYME DISEASE VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BEHAVIOR; RISK PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 1642316403     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm2702_7     Document Type: Article

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