A review of functional food: Government, firms and consumers

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Puspa, Jofi ^a   Kühl, Rainer ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Corporate strategy; Functional food market; Marketing; New product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449471294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20094036     Document Type: Review

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