Food and beverage marketing to children and youth: Trends and issues

Media Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-190

  Palmer, Edward L ^a   Carpenter, Courtney F ^b  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0802_6     Document Type: Article

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