Exploring consumers' perceptions of local food with two different qualitative techniques: Laddering and word association

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 20-30

  Roininen, Katariina ^a   Arvola, Anne ^a   Lähteenmäki, Liisa ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Laddering; Local; Organic; Word association

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28444439206     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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