Biased or not? Organized interests and the case of EU food information labeling

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 722-740

  Kurzer, Paulette ^a   Cooper, Alice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

EU food labeling; European parliament; lobbying; non governmental organizations; obesity; public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877581512     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2012.751703     Document Type: Article

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