Consumer preferences for functional GM foods in the UK: A choice experiment

AgBioForum

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-36

  Ison, James ^a   Kontoleon, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; GM foods; Second generation; UK consumers; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905098294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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