Exploring the environmental, personal and behavioural factors as determinants for university students’ food behaviour

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 113-122

  Marquis, Marie ^a   Talbot, Annie ^a   Sabourin, Amélie ^a   Riopel, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

food behaviour; gender; living arrangement; public health nutrition; university students

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056092068     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12490     Document Type: Article

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