How valid are measures of beliefs about the causes of illness? the example of myocardial infarction

Psychology and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 615-635

  French, David P ^a,b   Marteau, Theresa M ^a   Senior, Victoria ^a   Weinman, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal attribution; Multi trait multi method; Myocardial infarction; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144519622     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320500083600     Document Type: Article

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