Trading off fish health and safety: Female decision-making processes toward the risk of methylmercury in fish

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 250-264

  Grobe, Deana ^a   Manore, Melinda M ^a   Still, Elizabeth ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548692290     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: 17456606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2007.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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