Willingness to trial functional foods and vitamin supplements: The role of attitudes, subjective norms, and dread of risks

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-81

  O'Connor, Erin L ^a   White, Katherine M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Dread; Functional foods; Risk; TPB; Vitamin supplements; Willingness

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350591954     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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