Evaluative conditioning of food technologies in China: Moderating effect of social trust

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-26

  Loebnitz, Natascha ^a   Grunert, Klaus G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

China; Evaluative conditioning; Food technologies; Social trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899796551     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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