Labeling genetically engineered food: The consumer's right to know?

AgBioForum

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 155-161

  Raab, Carolyn ^a   Grobe, Deana ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer attitudes; Food; Genetically engineered; Genetically modified; Labeling; Likelihood to buy; Oregon ballot measure; Organic

Indexed keywords

EID: 13744257240     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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