Differential effects of exposure to social norms campaigns: A cause for concern

Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-219

  Campo, Shelly ^a   Cameron, Kenzie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33745480961     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1903_3     Document Type: Article

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