Willingness of Iranian young adults to eat organic foods: Application of the Health Belief Model

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-83

  Yazdanpanah, Masoud ^a,b   Forouzani, Masoumeh ^a   Hojjati, Mohammad ^a  

^a Ramin Agricultural and Natural Resources University Ahwaz   (Iran)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Health Belief Model; Iran; Organic food; Willingness to use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920269850     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.11.012     Document Type: Article

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