Consumer purchase habits and views on food safety: A Brazilian study

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 963-969

  Behrens, Jorge H ^a   Barcellos, Maria N ^b   Frewer, Lynn J ^c   Nunes, T P ^a   Franco, Bernadette D G M ^a   Destro, Maria T ^a   Landgraf, Mariza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Contexto Brasil Estudos de Comportamento e Mercado Rio de Janeiro ^*  (Brazil)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brazil; Consumer behavior; Food safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349109699     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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