The impact of numeracy on reactions to different graphic risk presentation formats: An experimental analogue study

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-125

  Wright, Alison J ^a   Whitwell, Sophia C L ^a   Takeichi, Chika ^a   Hankins, Matthew ^a,b   Marteau, Theresa M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VIGNETTE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 63249092691     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910708X304432     Document Type: Article

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