Food or pharmaceuticals? Consumers' perception of health-related borderline products

PharmaNutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 133-140

  Khedkar, Sukhada ^a   Carraresi, Laura ^a   Bröring, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borderline products; Consumer; Food; Perception; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; MARGARINE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHYTOSTEROL; PROBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECHINACEA; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; GARLIC; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; TEA; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 85032354386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22134344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phanu.2017.10.002     Document Type: Article

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