Explaining differences in causal attributions of patient and non-patient samples

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-272

  French, David P ^a,b   Marteau, T M ^a   Weinman, J ^a   Senior, V ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3343017340     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500410001721837     Document Type: Article

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