Measuring farmers' attitudes to animal welfare and health

British Food Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 840-852

  Hansson, Helena ^a   Lagerkvist, Carl Johan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal health; Animal welfare; Behaviour; Factor analysis; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862567776     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701211234363     Document Type: Article

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