Healthy meals on the menu: a Swedish field experiment on labelling and restaurant sales

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Healthy meals on the menu : a Swedish field experiment on labelling and restaurant sales. / Thunström, Linda; Nordström, Leif Jonas; Shogren, Jason.

In: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 11, No. 1, 6, 03.2016, p. 63-68.

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Thunström, L, Nordström, LJ & Shogren, J 2016, 'Healthy meals on the menu: a Swedish field experiment on labelling and restaurant sales', African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 11, no. 1, 6, pp. 63-68.

APA

Thunström, L., Nordström, L. J., & Shogren, J. (2016). Healthy meals on the menu: a Swedish field experiment on labelling and restaurant sales. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 11(1), 63-68. [6].

Vancouver

Thunström L, Nordström LJ, Shogren J. Healthy meals on the menu: a Swedish field experiment on labelling and restaurant sales. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 2016 Mar;11(1):63-68. 6.

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Thunström, Linda ; Nordström, Leif Jonas ; Shogren, Jason. / Healthy meals on the menu : a Swedish field experiment on labelling and restaurant sales. In: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 2016 ; Vol. 11, No. 1. pp. 63-68.

Bibtex

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