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Source Credibility and the Biasing Effect of Narrative Information on the Perception of Vaccination Risks

Niels HaaseDepartment of Psychology, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Cornelia BetschCenter for Empirical Research in Economics and Behavioral Sciences, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
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Frank RenkewitzDepartment of Psychology, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
Pages 920-929 | Published online: 11 Jun 2015

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