Consumers' health and taste attitude in Taiwan: The impacts of modern tainted food worries and gender difference

British Food Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 526-540

  Chen, Mei Fang ^a  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Contamination; Food products; Gender; Health and Taste Attitude Scales; Modern tainted foods worries; Personal health; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875580941     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701311317829     Document Type: Article

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