Systems of attitudes towards production in the pork industry. A cross-national study

Appetite

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 885-897

  Sørensen, Bjarne Taulo ^a   Barcellos, Marcia Dutra de ^b   Olsen, Nina Veflen ^c   Verbeke, Wim ^d   Scholderer, Joachim ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c NOFIMA   (Norway)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Causal search algorithms; Conjoint analysis; Structural equation modelling; Values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BELGIUM; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; PERSONAL VALUE; POLAND; PORK; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; SWINE; TECHNOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868110781     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.08.021     Document Type: Article

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