Consumer awareness of and concerns about food safety at three Arkansas farmers' markets

Food Protection Trends

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 156-165

  Crandall, Philip G ^a   Friedly, Erik C ^a   Patton, Martin ^a   O'Bryan, Corliss A ^a   Gurubaramurugeshan, Arun ^a   Seideman, Steve ^a   Ricke, Steven C ^a   Rainey, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 79957437510     PISSN: 15419576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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