Examining the use of nutrition labelling with photoelicitation

Qualitative Market Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-413

  Koenigstorfer, Joerg ^a   Groeppel Klein, Andrea ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Germany; Labelling; Nutrition; Photographs; Shopping

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956804089     PISSN: 13522752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13522751011078818     Document Type: Article

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