Consumer familiarity with foods and the perception of risks and benefits

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 576-585

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

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benefit perception; Product familiarity; Risk communication; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649090484     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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