Product attributes affecting consumer preference for residential deck materials

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1385-1396

  Nyrud, Anders Q ^a   Roos, Anders ^a,b   Rødbotten, Marit ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRESERVATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

COLOR INTENSITY; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; HEDONIC PREFERENCE; PRESERVATIVE TREATMENTS; PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES; PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY PANELS; SENSORY PROFILING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (IGC: E4/K7); VISUAL APPEARANCES;

WOOD;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; COLOR; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOOD;

COLOR; CONSUMERS; DURABILITY; PRESERVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 46749086745     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-188     Document Type: Article

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