A search for components in human body odour that attract females of Aedes aegypti

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 200, 1996, Pages 132-148

  Geier, Martin ^a   Sass, Hinrich ^a   Boeckh, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT ATTRACTANTS; LACTIC ACID; PHEROMONE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; ODORS; PHEROMONES;

EID: 0030333072     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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