Improving attitudes toward prostate examinations by loss-framed appeals

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 732-742

  Cherubini, Paolo ^a   Rumiati, Rino ^b   Rossi, Daniela ^c   Nigro, Filippo ^c   Calabrò, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 23244447165     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02144.x     Document Type: Review

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