Consumer valuation of food quality and food safety attributes in Vietnam

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-283

  Mergenthaler, Marcus ^a   Weinberger, Katinka ^b   Qaim, Matin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 65549099117     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2009.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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