Malaysian consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of household furniture materials

Malaysian Forester

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-68

  Shukri, M ^a   Sam Shor Nahar, Y ^a   Mohd Khairon, B ^a   Ashriq Fahmy, A ^a   Bazilah, A R ^a   Ahmad Aizuddin, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Furniture; Knowledge; Material; Preference; Purchase Attributes

Indexed keywords

CALAMUS ROTANG;

EID: 84855522580     PISSN: 03022935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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