Odor perception phenotypes: Multiple, specific hyperosmias to musks

Chemical Senses

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-416

  Gilbert, Avery N ^a,b   Kemp, Sarah E ^a  

^a Givaudan Roure Corporation   (United States)

^b Synesthetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTADECANONE; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; MUSK; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TONALID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PERCEPTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

EID: 0029813088     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/21.4.411     Document Type: Article

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