Australians' organic food beliefs, demographics and values

British Food Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 855-869

  Lea, Emma ^a   Worsley, Tony ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Beliefs; Demographics; Organic foods; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644462628     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700510629797     Document Type: Article

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