Italian consumer attitudes toward products for well-being: The functional foods market

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 19-50

  Annunziata, Azzurra ^a   Vecchio, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional foods; Italian consumers; Market segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957862620     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: 15592448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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