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UK consumer perceptions of meat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

N. J. Richardson*
Affiliation:
Institute of Food Research, Earley Gate, Whiteknights Road, Reading RG6 2EF
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘The role of meat in the human diet’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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