Food marketing in Irish schools

Health Education

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 336-350

  Kelly, Colette ^a   Clerkin, Pauline ^a   Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse ^a   Mulvihill, Maureen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b IRISH HEART FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Food products; Ireland; Marketing opportunities; Obesity; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956337675     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281011068504     Document Type: Article

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