Consumers' perceptions of functional foods: Trust and food-neophobia in a cross-cultural context

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 708-715

  Dolgopolova, Irina ^a   Teuber, Ramona ^a   Bruschi, Viola ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food neophobia; Functional food; Germany; Russia; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945475849     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12184     Document Type: Article

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