Irish consumer acceptance of a hypothetical second-generation GM yogurt product

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 400-411

  O'Connor, Elaine ^a   Cowan, Cathal ^a   Williams, Gwilym ^b,c   O'Connell, John ^b   Boland, Maurice P ^b  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ENTERPRISE IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Consumer attitudes; Second generation GM foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744437411     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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