Alteration of perceived fragrance of essential oils in relation to type of work: A simple screening test for efficacy of aroma

Chemical Senses

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 415-421

  Sugawara, Yoshiaki ^c   Hino, Yoshiko ^c   Kawasaki, Mami ^c   Hara, Chihiro ^c   Tamura, Keiko ^a   Sugimoto, Naomi ^a   Yamanishi, Yuko ^a   Miyauchi, Mitsuyo ^a   Masujima, Tsutomu ^a   Aoki, Tadashi ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Suzugamine Women's College   (Japan)

^c Hiroshima Prefectural Womens Univ   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERGAMOT OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; LAVENDER OIL; LINALOOL; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; PEPPERMINT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; YLANG YLANG OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUNIPERUS; MANUAL LABOR; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SOUND; WORK;

ADULT; HUMANS; ODORS; OILS, VOLATILE; PERCEPTION; SMELL;

BASILICUM; CANANGA ODORATA; CUPRESSUS; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; JUNIPERUS; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; MENTHA SPICATA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; OCIMUM BASILICUM; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SANTALACEAE;

EID: 0032789025     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/24.4.415     Document Type: Article

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