The consumption of genetically modified foods in Italian high school students

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 246-251

  Montuori, Paolo ^a   Triassi, Maria ^a   Sarnacchiaro, Pasquale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNITELMA SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Formative measurement model; Genetically modified (GM) foods; High school students; Partial least square (PLS) path model; Structural equation model (SEM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862211154     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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