An empirical examination of the determinants of honey consumption in Romania

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1164-1176

  Arvanitoyannis, Ioannis ^a   Krystallis, Athanasios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Credence cues; Factor analysis; Honey; Organic products; Search

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750723195     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2006.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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