Emotional Flow in Persuasive Health Messages

Health Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 114-124

  Nabi, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMOTION; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TRENDS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EMOTIONS; FORECASTING; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARRATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84914126639     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2014.974129     Document Type: Article

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