Using market research tocharacterize college students and identify potential targets for influencing health behaviors

Social Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 41-69

  Berg, Carla J ^a   Ling, Pamela M ^b   Guo, Hongfei ^a   Windle, Michael ^c   Thomas, Janet L ^c   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^d   Lawrence, C ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 79959901527     PISSN: 15245004     EISSN: 15394093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15245004.2010.522768     Document Type: Article

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