The Injunctive and Descriptive Norms Governing Eating

Obesity Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 593-603

  Fisher, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84882811630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374387-9.00048-9     Document Type: Chapter

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