Organic as a heuristic cue: What Spanish consumers mean by organic foods

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 349-359

  Vega Zamora, Manuela ^a   Torres Ruiz, Francisco José ^a   Murgado Armenteros, Eva M ^a   Parras Rosa, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

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EID: 84897977403     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20699     Document Type: Article

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