Consumers' views on food quality. A qualitative interview study

Appetite

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Holm, Lotte ^a   Kildevang, Helle ^a  

^a Department of Human Nutrition ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FAMILY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0030218996     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/appe.1996.0029     Document Type: Article

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