Are United States Consumers Tolerant of Genetically Modified Foods?
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عنوان ژورنال: Review of Agricultural Economics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1058-7195,1467-9353
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2003.00159.x