Impacts of advertisements that are unfriendly to women and men

International Journal of Advertising

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 623-656

  Van Hellemont, Corine ^a   Van den Bulck, Hilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 84865179547     PISSN: 02650487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2501/IJA-31-3-623-656     Document Type: Article

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