Consumer knowledge and use of information about fish and aquaculture

Food Policy

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-30

  Pieniak, Zuzanna ^a   Vanhonacker, Filiep ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consumer; Fish; Information; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FISH; FOOD SAFETY; KNOWLEDGE;

CZECH REPUBLIC; GERMANY; GREECE; ITALY; PORTUGAL; ROMANIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874754030     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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