Consumer purchase intention for organic personal care products

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-47

  Kim, Hee Yeon ^a   Chung, Jae Eun ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Personal hygiene; Purchasing; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751611885     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363761111101930     Document Type: Article

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