Potential market segments for genetically modified food: Results from cluster analysis

Agribusiness

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 567-582

  Kaye Blake, William ^a   O’Connell, Anna ^a   Lamb, Charles ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84992933688     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.20134     Document Type: Article

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