Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 265-269 , March 2010

Adolescents' Perceived Risk of Dying

  • Baruch Fischhoff, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Baruch Fischhoff, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890.
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  • Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Andrew M. Parker, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Susan G. Millstein, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Received 15 October 2008 ,Accepted 30 June 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00263-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.06.026

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 265-269 , March 2010

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