Combined verbal and numerical expressions increase perceived risk of medicine side-effects: A randomized controlled trial of EMA recommendations

Health Expectations

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 264-274

  Knapp, Peter ^a   Gardner, Peter H ^b   Woolf, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Medicines Agency; Paclitaxel; Patient information; Risk; Side effect; Trial

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACLITAXEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961197023     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12344     Document Type: Article

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