Meals: The social perspective

Meals in Science and Practice: Interdisciplinary Research and Business Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 37-49

  Makel, J ^a  

^a National Consumer Research Centre   (Finland)

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EID: 84885945437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845695712.2.37     Document Type: Chapter

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