Junk food advertisements with free offer: Their repercussions on the minds of children in the age group of 3-10 years

Indian Journal of Marketing

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 73-78

  Ramesh Kumar, S ^a  

^a V O CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE   (India)

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