Consumer knowledge and risk perceptions of avian influenza

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1526-1534

  Hsu, J L ^a   Liu, K E ^b   Huang, M H ^c   Lee, H J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Chicken consumption; Consumer knowledge; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 49449096747     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00105     Document Type: Article

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