Worry and risk perceptions as independent and interacting predictors of health protective behaviors

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 397-409

  Ferrer, Rebecca A ^a   Portnoy, David B ^a,b   Klein, William M P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875370094     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2012.727954     Document Type: Article

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