A continuum of consumer attitudes toward genetically modified foods in the United States

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 129-149

  Ganiere, Pierre ^a   Chern, Wen S ^a   Hahn, David ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer acceptance; Correspondence analysis; GM foods; Telephone survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646571591     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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