Demand for value-added pork in Sweden: A latent class model approach

Agribusiness

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-146

  Liljenstolpe, Carolina ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79953327151     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.20262     Document Type: Article

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