Parents trust other parents: Lay vaccination narratives on the web may create doubt about vaccination safety

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 645-

  Haase, Niels ^a   Betsch, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NOTE; RISK; VACCINATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

HUMANS; NARRATION; RISK; VACCINATION;

EID: 84864258426     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X12445286     Document Type: Note

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