A six-country European survey on consumer attitudes to the metabolic syndrome, genetics in nutrition and potential agro-food technologies: Questionnaire design methodology

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 138-144

  de Almeida, Maria Daniel Vaz ^a   Pinhao S ^a   Stewart Knox, B ^b   Parr, H J ^b   Gibney, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Consumers; European countries; Genetically modified food; Health perceptions; Metabolic syndrome; Quantitative survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 33744478949     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2006.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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