Underlying Motivations of Organic Food Purchase Intentions

Agribusiness

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 290-308

  Nasir, V Aslihan ^a   Karakaya, Fahri ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

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EID: 84904384702     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21363     Document Type: Article

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