The cultural construction of risk understandings through illness narratives

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 579-594

  Wong, Nancy ^a   King, Tracey ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 38949173833     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520078     Document Type: Article

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