Independent decision making of adolescents regarding food choice

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 469-477

  McKeown, Amy ^a,b   Nelson, Roy ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Food and Rural Enterprise   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescents; discrete choice analysis; food choice; independent decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052377042     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12446     Document Type: Article

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