Public status toward radiation and irradiated potatoes at 'Youngster's Science Festival' in several cities including Tokyo, Osaka, and Hiroshima, Japan

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 3-6, 2000, Pages 325-328

  Furuta, Masakazu ^a   Hayashi, Toshio ^a   Kakefu, Tomohisa ^b   Nishihara, Hideaki ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic energy; Food irradiation; Public acceptance; Questionnaire survey; Radiation education

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

FOOD IRRADIATION; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; RADIATION EDUCATION;

RADIATION CHEMISTRY;

ATTITUDE; BOOK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; FOOD IRRADIATION; JAPAN; POTATO; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0034061065     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(99)00399-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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