Consumer attitudes toward biotech foods in China

Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 177-203

  Lin, William ^a   Somwaru, Agapi ^a   Tuan, Francis ^a   Huang, Jikun ^b   Bai, Junfei ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biotech foods; China; Consumer attitudes; Logit models; Probit models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746594555     PISSN: 08974438     EISSN: 15286983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J047v18n01_09     Document Type: Review

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