Social networking websites as a platform for disseminating social marketing interventions: An exploratory pilot study

Social Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-20

  Uhrig, Jennifer ^a   Bann, Carla ^a   Williams, Peyton ^a   Evans, W Douglas ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959819844     PISSN: 15245004     EISSN: 15394093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15245000903528365     Document Type: Article

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