Perceived quality in fresh peaches: An approach through structural equation modeling;Calidad Percibida en duraznos frescos: Una aproximación a través de un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales cien

Ciencia e Investigacion Agraria

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-190

  Mora, Marcos ^a   Espinoza, Jacqueline ^b   Schnettler, Berta ^c   Echeverría, Gemma ^d   Predieri, Stefano ^e   Infante, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Ministerio de Agricultura   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^d Reserca i Tecnología Agroalimentariès IRTA   (Spain)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intrinsic and extrinsic attributes; Quality; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 80052702535     PISSN: 03045609     EISSN: 07181620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-16202011000200002     Document Type: Article

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