Consumers' attitudes towards sustainable food: A cluster analysis of Italian university students

New Medit

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 47-56

  Vecchio, Riccardo ^a   Annunziata, Azzurra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster Analysis; Factor analysis; Sustainable food; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880117106     PISSN: 15945685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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