Are risk or benefit perceptions more important for public acceptance of innovative food technologies: A meta-analysis

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2016, Pages 14-23

  Bearth, Angela ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^b  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Benefit perception; Food technology; Meta analysis; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

FOOD TECHNOLOGY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCEPTANCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HIGH DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; META ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; RANDOM EFFECTS; RESEARCH GOALS; RISK COMMUNICATION;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 84957916610     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2016.01.003     Document Type: Review

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