Four questions on European consumers' attitudes toward the use of genetic modification in food production

Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 435-445

  Grunert, Klaus G ^a   Bredahl, Lone ^a   Scholderer, Joachim ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Consumer behaviour; Genetic modification

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; MARKET; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0344874206     PISSN: 14668564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1466-8564(03)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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