Who reacts to food safety scares?: Examining the Alar crisis

Agribusiness

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 511-520

  Herrmann, Robert O ^a   Warland, Rex H ^a   Sterngold, Arthur ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LYCOMING COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0043193576     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199709/10)13:5<511::AID-AGR5>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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