Genetically modified foods: The effect of information

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 148-155

  Batrinou, Anthimia M ^a   Dimitriou, Evangelia ^a   Liatsos, Dionisios ^a   Pletsa, Vassiliki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Food products; Genetic modification; Greece; University students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 20344395161     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650510594895     Document Type: Article

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