College smokers' estimates of their probabilities of remaining a smoker in the near future

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 547-555

  Lipkus, Isaac ^a,c   Shepperd, James ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence; Probability judgments; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMMUNITY COLLEGE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SMOKING CESSATION; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 65349113031     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309103574     Document Type: Article

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