Billboard advertising of food and beverages is frequent in Maputo, Mozambique

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-366

  Pinto, Marta ^a   Lunet, Nuno ^a,b   Williams, Lucílio ^a   Barros, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

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EID: 35848955396     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650702800313     Document Type: Letter

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