Potential methods and approaches to assess social impacts associated with food safety issues

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1629-1637

  Cope, Shannon ^a   Frewer, Lynn J ^a   Renn, Ortwin ^b,c   Dreyer, Marion ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DIALOGIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer perceptions; Food safety; Quality adjusted life years; Risk and benefit assessment; Social impact assessment; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956403802     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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