Consumer preferences for detailed versus summary formats of nutrition information on grocery store shelf labels

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Berning, Joshua P ^a   Chouinard, Hayley H ^a   McCluskey, Jill J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer preferences; Grocery store shelf labels; Nutrition information

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149117596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1227     Document Type: Article

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