How people think about cancer: A mental models approach

Handbook of Risk and Crisis Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 507-524

  Downs, Julie S ^a   de Bruin, Wändi Bruine ^a   Fischhoff, Baruch ^a   Hesse, Bradford ^b   Maibach, Ed ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85075658837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203891629-33     Document Type: Chapter

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