Motives, barriers and quality evaluation in fish consumption situations: Exploring and comparing heavy and light users in Spain and Belgium

British Food Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 699-716

  Brunsø, Karen ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^b   Olsen, Svein Ottar ^c   Jeppesen, Lisbeth Fruensgaard ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Belgium; Consumer behaviour; Fish (food); Quality assessment; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449128643     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700910972387     Document Type: Article

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