Canadian health and food: The links between policy, consumers, and industry

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 605-629

  Cash, Sean B ^a   Goddard, Ellen W ^a   Lerohl, Mel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 33750545162     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2006.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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