Marketing to children and teens on Australian food company web sites

Young Consumers

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-66

  Jones, Sandra C ^a   Reid, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Australia; Children (age groups); Consumers; Food industry; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992943316     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473611011026019     Document Type: Article

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