Dietary habits and the perception and liking of sweetness among Australian and Malaysian students: A cross-cultural study

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 299-312

  Holt, S H A ^a,b   Cobiac, L ^a   Beaumont Smith, N E ^a   Easton, K ^a   Best, D J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Sweetness perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034216172     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0950-3293(99)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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