Understanding variations in the consumption of functional foods - evidence from Croatia

British Food Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 662-675

  Brečić, Ružica ^a   Gorton, Matthew ^b   Barjolle, Dominique ^c  

^a Department of Marketing ^*  (Croatia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Croatia; Determinants of consumption; Functional foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898454360     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-05-2012-0133     Document Type: Article

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