The Marketing Battle Over Genetically Modified Foods: False Assumptions About Consumer Behavior

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1405-1417

  Wansink, B ^a   Kim, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0035531469     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00027640121956755     Document Type: Article

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