Young consumers' perception of functional foods in Croatia

British Food Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-16

  Markovina, Jerko ^a   Čačić, Jasna ^b   Gajdoš Kljusurić, Jasenka ^c   Kovačić, Damir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Consumers; Croatia; Food products; Health foods; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651461162     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701111097303     Document Type: Article

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