Public worry about specific food safety issues

British Food Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-22

  Miles, Susan ^a   Brennan, Mary ^b   Kuznesof, Sharron ^b   Ness, Mitchell ^b   Ritson, Christopher ^b   Frewer, Lynn J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Food safety; Public opinion; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903264464     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700410515172     Document Type: Article

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