Food-safety practices in the domestic kitchen: Demographic, personality, and experiential determinants

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2859-2884

  Fischer, Arnout R H ^a   Frewer, Lynn J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 54349104291     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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