How do consumers use nutrition label information?

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 145-152

  Higginson, C S ^a   Rayner, M J ^b   Draper, S ^c   Kirk, T R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Food; Labelling; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986059253     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650210436253     Document Type: Article

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