Consumers' associations with wellbeing in a food-related context: A cross-cultural study

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 40, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 304-315

  Ares, Gastón ^a   de Saldamando, Luis ^a   Giménez, Ana ^a   Claret, Anna ^b   Cunha, Luís M ^c   Guerrero, Luis ^b   de Moura, Ana Pinto ^d   Oliveira, Denize C R ^e   Symoneaux, Ronan ^f   Deliza, Rosires ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ABERTA   (Portugal)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f Agrocampus Ouest   (France)

^g EMBRAPA AGROINDÚSTRIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Consumer studies; Free listing; Qualitative studies; Wellness; Word association

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912000518     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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