Uses of sex appeals in prime-time television commercials

Sex Roles

Volumn 38, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 461-475

  Lin, Carolyn A ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032380150     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018714006829     Document Type: Article

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