Failure to demonstrate systematic changes in olfactory perception in the course of pregnancy: A longitudinal study

Chemical Senses

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 567-571

  Laska, M ^a   Koch, B ^a   Heid, B ^a   Hudson, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

EID: 0029823858     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/21.5.567     Document Type: Article

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