Body talk: Questioning the assumptions in cognitive age

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1117-1133

  Catterall, Miriam ^b   Maclaran, Pauline ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035630436     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.1046     Document Type: Article

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