Involving the public and stakeholders in the evaluation of food risks

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 234-239

  Shepherd, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

RISK COMMUNICATION; STAKEHOLDERS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 41949092883     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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