Consumer Food Safety Concerns and Fresh Produce Consumption

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-113

  Henneberry, Shida Rastegari ^a   Piewthongngam, Kullapapruk ^a   Qiang, Han ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food safety concerns; Fresh produce consumption; Risk information

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033440292     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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