Dieticians' intentions to recommend functional foods: The mediating role of consumption frequency of functional foods

Nutrition Research and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-81

  Cha, Myeong Hwa ^a   Lee, Jiyeon ^a   Song, Mi Jung ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Consumption frequency; Dieticians; Functional foods; Recommend intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955462172     PISSN: 19761457     EISSN: 20056168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2010.4.1.75     Document Type: Article

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