Consumers’ everyday food choice strategies in Finland

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-317

  Järvelä, Katja ^a   Mäkelä, Johanna ^a   Piiroinen, Sanna ^a  

^a National Consumer Research Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumers; Finland; Food choice; Food diary; Food safety; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448975885     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2006.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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