What proportion of South Australian adult non-vegetarians hold similar beliefs to vegetarians?
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of non-vegetarians with similar beliefs as vegetarians, and to examine their personal characteristics.Design: Mail survey on meat and vegetarianism beliefs, personal values and information sources.Subjects and setting: One thousand peo...
| Publicado en: | Nutrition & Dietetics Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 11 - 22 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2004
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