Preferences of Turkish people for irradiated, GM or organic foods

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 74-80

  Mehmetoglu, Arzu Cagri ^a   Demirkol, Omca ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Food additives; GM; Hormone residues; Irradiated; Organic foods; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649005560     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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