The effects of retrieval ease on health issue judgments: Implications for campaign strategies

Health Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 670-680

  Chang, Chingching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 78650037391     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2010.521907     Document Type: Article

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