The importance of intrinsic and extrinsic cues to expected and experienced quality: An empirical application for beef

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-238

  Bello Acebrón, Laurentino ^a   Calvo Dopico, Domingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beef; Correlation; Cues; Expected quality; Experienced quality; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034178772     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3293(99)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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