Health attributions and health care behavior interactions in a community sample

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 845-858

  Gil Lacruz, Marta ^a   Gil Lacruz, Ana Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health attribution; Health care behavior; Health perception; Locus of control

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954557619     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2010.38.6.845     Document Type: Article

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