Buying seafood: Understanding barriers to purchase across consumption segments

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-21

  Birch, D ^a   Lawley, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Consumption; Fish; Perceived risk; Seafood; Segments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859394740     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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