The importance of having a different opinion europeans and GM foods

Archives Europeennes de Sociologie

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-63

  Loner, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; METHODOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 53849094484     PISSN: 00039756     EISSN: 14740583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003975608000027     Document Type: Article

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