Organic food quality and safety perception throughout europe

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-266

  Naspetti, Simona ^a   Zanoli, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Food quality; Food safety; Laddering; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449167857     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: 15404102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10454440902908019     Document Type: Article

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