Determinants of willingness to eat insects in the USA and India

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 215-225

  Ruby, M B ^a   Rozin, P ^a   Chan, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Attitudes; Culture; Disgust; Entomophagy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960393990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/jiff2015.0029     Document Type: Article

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