The impact of branding on low-income adolescents: A Vicious Cycle?

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1063-1087

  Isaksen, Katja Jezkova ^a,b   Roper, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 55749096081     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20254     Document Type: Article

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