Fear Appeals for Individuals in Different Stages of Change: Intended and Unintended Effects and Implications on Public Health Campaigns

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Health Communication

• Publication date

  2006-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1207/s15327027hc2001_9PMID 16813492
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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