Odor perception and beliefs about risk

Chemical Senses

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 447-458

  Dalton, Pamela ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0029843133     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/21.4.447     Document Type: Article

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