Peak meat: The role of meat in sustainable consumption

Handbook of Research on Sustainable Consumption

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 192-208

  Spiller, Achim ^a   Nitzko, Sina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 85010695174     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781783471270.00022     Document Type: Chapter

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