Consumer-perceived risk model for the introduction of genetically modified food in Spain

Food Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 519-528

  Martinez Poveda, Africa ^a   Molla Bauza, Margarita Brugarolas ^a   del Campo Gomis, Francisco Jose ^a   Martinez, Laura Martinez Carrasco ^a  

^a Agricultural Economics Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acceptance; GM food; Perceived risk; Structural equation models (SEM)

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SAFETY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HEALTH RISK; IDEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70350397965     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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