Enhancing Self-Referencing to Health Messages

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-164

  Chang, Chingching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 79952098944     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: 17456606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2010.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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