A comparative assessment of urban and rural households' behaviors towards fresh red meat consumption: A case study in eastern part of Turkey

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 222-233

  Yıldırım, Ibrahim ^a   Ceylan, Melike ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Consumption; Meat; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547896609     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650710774596     Document Type: Article

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