Consumer risks and new food systems in urban China

Journal of Macromarketing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 222-237

  Veeck, Ann ^a   Yu, Hongyan ^b   Burns, Alvin C ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; food safety; food systems; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955322546     PISSN: 02761467     EISSN: 15526534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0276146710372221     Document Type: Article

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