Sustainability seen from the perspective of consumers

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 678-687

  Hanss, Daniel ^a   Böhm, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; Eco; Fair trade; Green; Groceries; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867796869     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2011.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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