The American family meal

Meals in Science and Practice: Interdisciplinary Research and Business Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 190-218

  McIntosh, W A ^a   Dean, W ^a   Torres, C C ^a   Anding, J ^a   Kubena, K S ^a   Nayga, R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1533/9781845695712.4.190     Document Type: Chapter

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