Probability perceptions and preventive health care

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-71

  Carman, Katherine Grace ^a   Kooreman, Peter ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Preventive health care; Probability perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921534673     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-014-9196-x     Document Type: Article

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