Consumer perceptions of "functional food" in the United States

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-419

  Urala, Nina ^a,b   Schutz, Howard ^a   Spinks, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kuulas Research Agency   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Awareness; Consumer; Consumption; Functional foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960527120     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: 15404102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10454446.2011.583181     Document Type: Article

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