What are the concerns of Croatian traditional food consumers regarding GM food?

British Food Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-49

  Cerjak, Marija ^a   Kovačić, Damir ^a   Ggić, Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Consumers; Croatia; Food products; Genetic modification; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651429303     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701111097321     Document Type: Article

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