Digital junk: Food and beverage marketing on facebook

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2014, Pages e56-e64

  Freeman, Becky ^a   Kelly, Bridget ^b   Baur, Louise ^c   Chapman, Kathy ^d   Chapman, Simon ^a   Gill, Tim ^c   King, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGE; FOOD; HUMAN; MARKETING; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGES; FOOD; HUMANS; MARKETING; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84911166508     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302167     Document Type: Article

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