Categories of GM risk-benefit perceptions and their antecedents

AgBioForum

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 176-186

  Traill, W Bruce ^a   Jaeger, Sara R ^b   Yee, Wallace M S ^a   Valli, Carlotta ^c   House, Lisa O ^d   Lusk, Jayson L ^e   Moore, Melissa ^f   Morrow Jr , J L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Developing world; Environment; Health; Knowledge; Moral concerns; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444522609     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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