Intuitive and explicit reactions towards "new" food technologies: Attitude strength and familiarity

British Food Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 622-635

  Tenbült, Petra ^a   De Vries, Nanne K ^a   Dreezens, Ellen ^a   Martijn, Carolien ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Brand awareness; Explicit knowledge; Genetic modification; Organic foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249130284     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700810877924     Document Type: Article

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