Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Psychological determinants of willingness to taste and purchase genetically modified food

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Psychological determinants of willingness to taste and purchase genetically modified food / Ellen Townsend, Scott Campbell

Decreasing acceptance of biotechnologies over time has been reported in Europe. Studies claim that attitudes are negative, even hostile, and that people are very worried about genetic engineering in food and medicine. However, such studies are mostly based on surveys and these have significant methodological problems, such as low response rates, which may indicate that only those with strong views respong, thus biasing the sample. Here an alternative method, involving "topic-blind" recruitment of participants and a behavioral measure was used

En: Risk analysis : an international journal. - New York and London. - nº 5, October 2004 ; p. 1385-1393

1. Seguridad de productos . 2. Alimentos transgénicos . 3. Percepción del riesgo . 4. Análisis de riesgos . I. Campbell, Scott . II. Título. III. Título: Risk analysis : an international journal.