Health communication and consumer behavior on meat in Belgium: From BSE until dioxin

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 345-357

  Verbeke, Wim ^a   Viaene, Jacques ^a   Guiot, Olivier ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CONSUMER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEAT;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CATTLE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DIOXINS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MEAT;

EID: 0033202744     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/108107399126869     Document Type: Article

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