European consumers and beef safety: Perceptions, expectations and uncertainty reduction strategies

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 835-844

  Van Wezemael, Lynn ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^a   Kügler, Jens O ^b   de Barcellos, Marcia D ^b,c   Grunert, Klaus G ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beef; Consumer; Information; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 75449103929     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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