Applying partial least squares to model genetically modified food purchase intentions in southern Spain consumers

Food Policy

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-53

  Rodríguez Entrena, Macario ^a   Salazar Ordóñez, Melania ^b   Sayadi, Samir ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD LOYOLA ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavioural differences; GM food; Objective knowledge; Partial Least Squares (PLS); Purchase intentions

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84875236357     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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