Meat labels: Consumer attitude and meat consumption pattern

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-54

  Rimal, Arbindra ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Health claims; Ingredients; Label; Meat consumption; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547868587     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2005.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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