The traffic light colors red and green in the context of healthy food decision-making

Advances in Consumer Research

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 945-946

  Koenigstorfer, Joerg ^a   Groeppel Klein, Andrea ^b   Kamm, Friederike ^b   Rohr, Michaela ^b   Wentura, Dirk ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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