A qualitative study of New Zealand parents' views on front-of-pack nutrition labels

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 90-96

  Maubach, Ninya ^a   Hoek, Janet ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Front of pack label; Nutrition labelling; Nutrition policy; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954130620     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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