Determinants of halal meat consumption in France

British Food Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 367-386

  Bonne, Karijn ^a   Vermeir, Iris ^a   Bergeaud Blackler, Florence ^b   Verbeke, Wim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^b Laboratoire d'Anthropologie   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; France; Islam; Meat; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249068830     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/0070700710746786     Document Type: Article

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