Consumers and animal welfare. A comparison between European Union countries

Appetite

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 597-607

  Toma, Luiza ^a   Stott, Alistair W ^a   Revoredo Giha, Cesar ^a   Kupiec Teahan, Beata ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; European consumers' behavioural willingness; Information; Labelling; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONSUMER; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER WELFARE; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; RELIABILITY; WELFARE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84856246075     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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