Sensory science research on taste: An ethnography of two laboratory experiments in Western Europe

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Sensory science research on taste : An ethnography of two laboratory experiments in Western Europe. / Mann, Anna.

In: Food and Foodways, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2018, p. 23-39.

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Mann, A 2018, 'Sensory science research on taste: An ethnography of two laboratory experiments in Western Europe', Food and Foodways, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 23-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/07409710.2017.1420352

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Mann, A. (2018). Sensory science research on taste: An ethnography of two laboratory experiments in Western Europe. Food and Foodways, 26(1), 23-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/07409710.2017.1420352

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Mann A. Sensory science research on taste: An ethnography of two laboratory experiments in Western Europe. Food and Foodways. 2018;26(1):23-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/07409710.2017.1420352

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Mann, Anna. / Sensory science research on taste : An ethnography of two laboratory experiments in Western Europe. In: Food and Foodways. 2018 ; Vol. 26, No. 1. pp. 23-39.

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