Comparing theories of health behavior using data from longitudinal studies: A comment on gerend and shepherd

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-148

  Brewer, Noel T ^a,b   Gilkey, Melissa B ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84866740480     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9396-z     Document Type: Note

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