The impact of biotechnology knowledge on the acceptance of genetically modified food in Serbia

Romanian Biotechnological Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 8295-8306

  Brankov, Tatjana Papic ^a   Sibalija, Tatjana ^b   Lovre, Koviljko ^c   Cvijanovic, Drago ^a   Subic, Jonel ^a  

^a Institute of Agricultural Economics   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Genetically modified food; Knowledge; Questionnaire; Serbia; Willingness to consume and buy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881593331     PISSN: 12245984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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