Intentions of New Zealanders to purchase lamb or beef made using nanotechnology

British Food Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 675-688

  Cook, Andrew J ^a   Fairweather, John R ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Food industry; Food technology; Meat; Nanotechnology; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548662613     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700710780670     Document Type: Article

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