Assessing childhood food neophobia: Validation of a scale in Italian primary school children

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 40, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 8-15

  Laureati, Monica ^a   Bergamaschi, Valentina ^a   Pagliarini, Ella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food preference; Novel food; Questionnaire validation; Willingness to taste

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971519029     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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