Consumer fraud and latino immigrant consumers in the United States

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 391-400

  Marlowe, Julia ^a   Atiles, Jorge H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer education; Consumer fraud; Immigrants; Latino consumers; Low income consumers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870020033     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2005.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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