Differences between younger and older populations in nutrition label reading habits

British Food Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-121

  Ranilović, Jasmina ^a   Barić, Irena Colić ^b  

^a Podravka dd   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Croatia; Labelling; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651416483     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701111097376     Document Type: Article

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