Healthy and environmentally sustainable food choices: Consumer responses to point-of-purchase actions

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages 94-106

  Hoek, A C ^a   Pearson, D ^a   James, S W ^b   Lawrence, M A ^c   Friel, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Consumer; Environment; Food choice; Health; Price; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011298610     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.12.008     Document Type: Article

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