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Theory of planned behaviour

from Psychology, health and illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2014

By
Stephen Sutton
Edited by
Susan Ayers ,
Andrew Baum ,
Chris McManus ,
Stanton Newman ,
Kenneth Wallston ,
John Weinman  and
Robert West
Stephen Sutton
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Susan Ayers
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
Andrew Baum
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
Chris McManus
Affiliation:
St Mary's Hospital Medical School
Stanton Newman
Affiliation:
University College and Middlesex School of Medicine
Kenneth Wallston
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
John Weinman
Affiliation:
United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas's
Robert West
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London
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Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine , pp. 223 - 228
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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