Consumer reactions to risk information on bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Japan

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 311-318

  Ogoshi, Kumiko ^a   Yasunaga, Hideo ^b   Obana, Naoya ^c   Ogawa, Toshio ^a   Imamura, Tomoaki ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; Consumer; Risk communication; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEEF; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLICATION; PURCHASING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BOVINAE;

EID: 77956463860     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-010-0144-3     Document Type: Article

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