Well-being and consumer culture: A different kind of public health problem?

Health Promotion International

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-268

  Carlisle, Sandra ^a   Hanlon, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer culture; Well being

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; ECOLOGY; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CULTURE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 34548432084     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dam022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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