Risk perceptions of urban Italian and United States consumers for genetically modified foods

AgBioForum

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 195-201

  Harrison, R Wes ^a,d   Boccaletti, Stefano ^b   House, Lisa ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer risk perceptions; Genetically modified organisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444485423     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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