The nutrition label knowledge and usage behaviours of women in the US

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-322

  Byrd Bredbenner, Carol ^a   Alfieri, Lisa ^b   Kiefer, Laurie ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Saint Clare's Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Labelling; NLEA; Nutrition; Nutrition Facts label

Indexed keywords

EID: 13544256086     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-3010.2000.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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