A quasi experiment to assess the consumer and informational determinants of nutrition information processing activities: The case of the nutrition labeling and education act

Journal of Public Policy and Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-44

  Moorman, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0030545221     PISSN: 07439156     EISSN: 15477207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074391569601500103     Document Type: Article

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