Lay vaccination narratives on the web: Are they worth worrying about?

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 707-709

  Brown, Katrina ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NOTE; RISK; VACCINATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

HUMANS; NARRATION; RISK; VACCINATION;

EID: 80052846760     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X11419664     Document Type: Review

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