Proposed Model of the Relationship of Risk Information Seeking and Processing to the Development of Preventive Behaviors

1999/02/01 by Robert J. Griffin, Sharon Dunwoody, Kurt Neuwirth · 1,179 citations
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · Psychology · #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Business #Computer science #Environmental health #Media Influence and Health #Medicine #Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research #Risk analysis (engineering)

paper · doi:10.1006/enrs.1998.3940

published in Environmental Research 80(2), S230-S245 (Elsevier BV)

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