Examining the structure of awareness and perceptions of groundnut aflatoxin among Ghanaian health and agricultural professionals and its influence on their actions

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 280-287

  Jolly, Curtis M ^a   Bayard, Budry ^a   Awuah, Richard T ^b   Fialor, Simon C ^b   Williams, Johnathan T ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Equation; Ghana; Groundnuts; O59; Q52; Q56; Q57; Structural

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849089615     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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