Investigation on Turkish consumers regarding their attitudes towards grammatical styles, knowledge and compliance of nutrition messages

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 520-533

  Söyler, Gönül ^a   El, Sedef Nehir ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Advertising; Consumer behaviour; Diet; Nutrition; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350629136     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650910992187     Document Type: Article

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