Consumer attitudes toward genetically modified foods in Beijing, China

AgBioForum

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 145-152

  Li, Quan ^a   Curtis, Kynda R ^a   McCluskey, Jill J ^a,b   Wahl, Thomas I ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Agric and Rsrc Economics ^*

Author keywords

Biotechnology; China; Contingent valuation; Genetically modified foods; Rice; Soybean oil

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 2642516716     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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