Consumer evaluations of food risk management quality in Europe

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1565-1580

  Van Kleef, E ^a   Houghton, J R ^b   Krystallis, A ^c   Pfenning, U ^d   Rowe, G ^b   Van Dijk, H ^a   Van Der Lans, I A ^a   Frewer, L J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d Dialogik gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer evaluations; Food risk management quality; Trust

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CONSUMER EVALUATIONS; FOOD RISK MANAGEMENT QUALITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING TECHNIQUES; TRUST;

FOOD SUPPLY;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MODELING; POLICY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SLOVENIA; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EUROPE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; TRUST;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; GREECE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249043261     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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