A Re-Examination of children's conceptions of contagion

Psychology & Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 159-165

  Siegal, Michael ^a   Patty, Jan ^a   Eiser, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive development; Contagion; health instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963178488     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449008408149     Document Type: Article

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