The evolution of self-regulation in food advertising: An analysis of CARU cases from 2000-2010

International Journal of Advertising

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hoy, Mariea Grubbs ^a   Childers, Courtney Carpenter ^b   Morrison, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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