The role of dietary information in women's whole milk and low-fat milk intakes

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-254

  Kim, Sora ^a   Douthitt, Robin A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet health awareness; Dietary information; Food label; Low fat milk; Nested Tobit model

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548499716     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2003.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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