Consumers' attitudes towards GM Free products in a European Region. The case of the Prefecture of Drama-Kavala-Xanthi in Greece

Appetite

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 448-458

  Tsourgiannis, L ^a   Karasavvoglou, A ^b   Florou, G ^b  

^a Region of East Macedonia and Thrace   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buying behaviour; Consumer behaviour; Consumer preferences; GM Free products

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GENETIC MODIFIED FREE PRODUCT; GREECE; HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PURCHASING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960296908     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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