What to buy? On the complexity of being a critical consumer

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What to buy? On the complexity of being a critical consumer. / Gjerris, Mickey; Gamborg, Christian; Saxe, Henrik.

In: Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2016, p. 81-102.

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Gjerris, M, Gamborg, C & Saxe, H 2016, 'What to buy? On the complexity of being a critical consumer', Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 81-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-015-9591-6

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Gjerris, M., Gamborg, C., & Saxe, H. (2016). What to buy? On the complexity of being a critical consumer. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 29(1), 81-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-015-9591-6

Vancouver

Gjerris M, Gamborg C, Saxe H. What to buy? On the complexity of being a critical consumer. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 2016;29(1):81-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-015-9591-6

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Gjerris, Mickey ; Gamborg, Christian ; Saxe, Henrik. / What to buy? On the complexity of being a critical consumer. In: Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 2016 ; Vol. 29, No. 1. pp. 81-102.

Bibtex

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