South African adult metropolitan consumers' opinions and use of health information on food labels

British Food Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-43

  Bosman, Magdalena J C ^a   van der Merwe, Daleen ^a   Ellis, Susanna M ^a   Jerling, Johann C ^a   Badham, Jane ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Consumer opinion; Consumption; Food label; Health information; Label use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890363134     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-12-2011-0298     Document Type: Article

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