Perceived risks and safety concerns about fluid milk among Chinese college students;Rizika a problémy bezpečnosti vnímané vysokoškolskými studenty v číně ve vztahu ke spotřebě tekutého mléka

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-78

  Xu, Pei ^a   Zheng, Shi ^b   Motamed, Mesbah ^c  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b Renmin Business School   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese college students' milk consumption; Milk consumption behaviour; Milk safety regulations; Perceived milk risks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77951135320     PISSN: 0139570X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/18/2009-agricecon     Document Type: Article

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