Racial and gender biases in magazine advertising: A content-analytic study

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 627-644

  Plous, S ^a   Neptune, Dominique ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031283811     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00135.x     Document Type: Article

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