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Direct linkSigelman, Carol K. – Health Education & Behavior, 2012
Age and ethnic group differences in cold weather and contagion or germ theories of infectious disease were explored in two studies. A cold weather theory was frequently invoked to explain colds and to a lesser extent flu but became less prominent with age as children gained command of a germ theory of disease. Explanations of how contact with…
Descriptors: Evidence, Physicians, Cancer, Child Caregivers
