To be a donor or not to be? applying an extended theory of planned behavior to predict posthumous organ donation intentions

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 880-900

  Hyde, Melissa K ^a   White, Katherine M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 64549147535     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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