Family and western-style fast food: Influences on Chinese college students' dairy consumption

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-24

  Xu, Pei ^a   Zheng, Shi ^b   Zhou, Song ^b  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

College students' food choice; Dairy product consumption behavior; Family eating habits; Impact of fast food restaurants

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650755952     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: 15404102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10454446.2011.532370     Document Type: Article

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