Neophobia, personal consumer values and novel food acceptance

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-84

  Barrena, Ramo ^a   Sánchez, Mercedes ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Decision making structure; Laddering; Means end chain; Neophobia; Novel foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864039882     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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