Functional foods: An empirical study on perceived health benefits in relation to pre-purchase intentions

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 308-318

  Labrecque, Joanne ^a   Charlebois, Sylvain ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Food industry; Functional foods; Purchasing intentions; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80053090094     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346651111170905     Document Type: Article

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