Fundamental Beliefs, Origin Explanations and Perceived Effectiveness of Protection Measures: Exploring Laypersons' Chains of Reasoning About Influenza

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 359-375

  Eicher, Véronique ^a   Clémence, Alain ^a   Bangerter, Adrian ^b   Mouton, Audrey ^a   Green, Eva G T ^a   Gilles, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chains of reasoning; H1N1; H5N1; Protection measures; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000138160     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2170     Document Type: Article

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