Factor influencing risk perception of food additives

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 66-72

  Amin, Latifah ^a   Azad, Md Abul Kalam ^a,b   Latif Samian, Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Agricultural Extension   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Food additives; Risk perception; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALAYSIA; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84880316506     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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