The influence of narrative risk communication on feelings of cancer risk

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 407-419

  Janssen, Eva ^a   Van Osch, Liesbeth ^a   De Vries, Hein ^a   Lechner, Lilian ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN TUMOR; SUNBATHING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING;

EID: 84874978568     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8287.2012.02098.x     Document Type: Article

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