Consumer reactions to different health claim formats on food labels

Food Australia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 92-97

  Singer, L ^a   Williams, P ^a   Ridges, L ^a   Murray, S ^a   McMahon, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CLAIMS; INTERCEPT METHODS; LEVEL OF SATISFACTION; NEW ZEALAND;

LABELS;

HEALTH;

EID: 33644902089     PISSN: 10325298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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