Some Like It Healthy: Demand for Functional and Conventional Yogurts in the Italian Market

Agribusiness

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-85

  Bonannoxs, Alessandro ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864020744     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.20288     Document Type: Article

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