Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model: A Meta-Analysis

Journal of Communication

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-41

  Yang, Z Janet ^a   Aloe, Ariel M ^b   Feeley, Thomas Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84895042578     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12071     Document Type: Article

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