Impact of religion on halal meat consumption decision making in Belgium

Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-26

  Bonne, Karijn ^a   Vermeir, Iris ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Consumer; Halal; Meat; Religion; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449213129     PISSN: 08974438     EISSN: 15286983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08974430802480628     Document Type: Article

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