The nutrition label – which information is looked at?

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 92-99

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

^a NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Labelling; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131413     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650210423392     Document Type: Article

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