Individual differences in willingness to become an organ donor: A decision tree approach to reasoned action

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-69

  Demir, Başar ^a   Kumkale, G Tarcan ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Decision trees; Organ donation; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875612779     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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