Exploring convenience food consumption through a structural equation model

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-79

  Botonaki, Anna ^a   Natos, Dimitrios ^a   Mattas, Konstadinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Convenience food; Structural Equation Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449146194     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: 15404102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10454440802470607     Document Type: Article

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