Development and validation of the Food Disgust Scale

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 63, Issue , 2018, Pages 38-50

  Hartmann, Christina ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disgust sensitivity; Food acceptance; Food choice; Food neophobia; Food borne disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028033987     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.07.013     Document Type: Article

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