Consumer preferences regarding food-related risk-benefit messages

British Food Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 387-400

  van Dijk, Heleen ^a   van Kleef, Ellen ^a   Owen, Helen ^b   Frewer, Lynn J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer psychology; Consumers; Disability adjusted life years; Fish; Food consumption; Food products; Information transfer; Life expectancy; Quality of life; Risk benefit communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858392126     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701211213483     Document Type: Article

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