The role of food quality certification on consumers' food choices

British Food Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-90

  Botonaki, Anna ^a   Polymeros, Konstantinos ^b   Tsakiridou, Efthimia ^c   Mattas, Konstantinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Consumer behaviour; Organic foods; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144463386     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700610644906     Document Type: Article

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