In pursuit of safe foods: Chinese preferences for soybean attributes in soymilk

Agribusiness

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 377-391

  Zheng, Yue ^a   Li, Xianghong ^a   Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879866867     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21342     Document Type: Article

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