Sneezing in times of a flu pandemic: Public sneezing increases perception of unrelated risks and shifts preferences for federal spending

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-377

  Lee, Spike W S ^a   Schwarz, Norbert ^a   Taubman, Danielle ^a   Hou, Mengyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LEARNING; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNEEZING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GENERALIZATION, RESPONSE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNEEZING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951276973     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797609359876     Document Type: Article

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