Swedish consumers’ opinions about gene technology

British Food Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 860-872

  Koivisto Hursti, Ulla Kaisa ^a   Magnusson, Maria K ^a   Algers, Anne ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer attitudes; Food; New technology; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099997     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700210454596     Document Type: Article

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