The demographics of neophobia in a large commercial US sample

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 893-897

  Meiselman, H L ^a   King, S C ^b   Gillette, M ^b  

^a Herb Meiselman Training and Consulting Services   (United States)

^b McCormick & Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Demographics; Education; Exposure; Food neophobia; Gender; Income; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956411624     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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