Attitudes towards food safety and the environment: a comparison of consumers in Japan and the US

Rural Sociology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 394-411

  Jussaume Jr , Raymond A ^a   Higgins, Lorie ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SAFETY;

JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031765999     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1998.tb00685.x     Document Type: Article

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