Consumer knowledge, food label use and grain consumption in the US

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-448

  Lin, Biing Hwan ^a   Yen, Steven T ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREAL; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; NUTRITION; PROBABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40149100316     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600690298     Document Type: Article

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