Real donors, real consent: Testing the theory of reasoned action on organ donor consent

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2435-2450

  Weber, Keith ^a   Martin, Matthew M ^a   Corrigan, Michael ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34948872544     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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