Improving comprehension and communication of risks about health;Cómo favorecer la comprensión y la comunicación de los riesgos sobre la salud

Psicothema

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 599-605

  García Retamero, Rocío ^a   Galesic, Mirta ^b   Gigerenzer, Gerd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Max Planck Institute fiir Bildungsforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK;

EID: 80055067578     PISSN: 02149915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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