Consumer evaluations of food risk management in Russia

British Food Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 934-948

  Popova, Ksenia ^a   Frewer, Lynne J ^b   de Jonge, Janneke ^b   Fischer, Arnout ^b   van Kleef, Ellen ^b  

^a BACH INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; European Union; Food safety; Risk intelligence; Risk management; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956854560     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701011074327     Document Type: Article

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