Information effects on consumer attitudes toward three food technologies: Organic production, biotechnology, and irradiation

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 586-596

  Teisl, Mario F ^a   Fein, Sara B ^b   Levy, Alan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental safety; Food safety; Knowledge; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649102826     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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