Stigma and hostility towards pregnant smokers: Does individuating information reduce the effect?

Psychology and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 862-873

  Wigginton, Britta ^a   Lee, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitudes; pregnancy; smoking; stigma; tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880645924     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.762101     Document Type: Article

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