The social fabric and innovation diffusion: Symbolic adoption of food irradiation

Rural Sociology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-369

  Sapp, Stephen G ^a   Korsching, Peter F ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION; INNOVATION; IRRADIATION;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244265549     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/0036011041730491     Document Type: Article

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