The theory of planned behavior and college students' willingness to talk about smoking-related behaviors

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 198-207

  Brann, Maria ^a   Sutton, Matthew L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Smoking; Theory of Planned Behavior; Willingness to Communicate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960580364     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090903074399     Document Type: Article

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