Information, risk perceptions, and smoking choices of youth

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-193

  Sloan, Frank ^a   Platt, Alyssa ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimism bias; Smoking; Subjective beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952707318     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-010-9111-z     Document Type: Article

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