Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: the example of vaccination.

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Published in Health Psychol on March 01, 2007

Authors

Noel T Brewer1, Gretchen B Chapman, Frederick X Gibbons, Meg Gerrard, Kevin D McCaul, Neil D Weinstein

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA. ntb1@unc.edu

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