Household food waste behavior: Avenues for future research

Journal of the Association for Consumer Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 41-51

  Porpino, Gustavo ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84979541412     PISSN: 23781815     EISSN: 23781823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684528     Document Type: Article

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