Consuming anxiety?:Parenting practices in china after the infant formula scandal

Food, Culture and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 557-578

  Gong, Qian ^a   Jackson, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Food scares; Infant formula; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870946669     PISSN: 15528014     EISSN: 17517443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175174412X13414122382764     Document Type: Article

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