Consumer demand for nutrition versus taste in four major food categories

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-74

  Binkley, James K ^a   Golub, Alla ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food Choice; Health; Income; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; MARKET SYSTEM; MILK; NUTRITION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 78650375778     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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