Body odor evoked potentials: A new method to study the chemosensory perception of self and non-self in humans

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Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-294

  Pause, Bettina M ^a   Krauel, Kerstin ^a   Sojka, Bernfried ^a   Ferstl, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body odor; Chemosensory perception; CSERP; HLA; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032452160     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026462701154     Document Type: Article

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