Consumer attitudes toward GMOs: The Ohio experience

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Napier, T L ^a   Tucker, M ^a   Henry, C ^a   Whaley, S R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Genetically modified organisms; Media; Risk; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1942537896     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2004.tb13344.x     Document Type: Review

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