Blaming the consumer: On the free choice of consumers and the decline in food quality in Denmark

Critical Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-154

  Holm, Lotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COST; DENMARK; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MARKET; POLICY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIETY; VICTIM; WELLBEING;

EID: 0037641308     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958159031000097661     Document Type: Article

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