Influential factors affecting food choices of consumers when eating outside the household in Trinidad, West Indies

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-29

  Narine, Tassalina ^a   Badrie, Neela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Eating behavior; Food choices; Food service venues; Trinidadian consumers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249028627     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: 15404102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J038v13n01_02     Document Type: Article

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