Processing and acting on nutrition labeling on food: The state of knowledge and new directions for transformative consumer research

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Volumn 9780203813256, Issue , 2012, Pages 333-352

  Grunert, Klaus G ^a   Bolton, Lisa E ^b   Raats, Monique M ^c,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84949176546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203813256     Document Type: Chapter

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