Chemosensory detectability of 1-butanol and 2-heptanone singly and in binary mixtures

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-276

  Cometto Muñiz, J Enrique ^a   Cain, William S ^a   Abraham, Michael H ^b   Gola, Joelle M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 Butanol; 2 Heptanone; Anosmics; Chemosensory irritation; Eye irritation; Irritant mixtures; Nasal pungency; Odor; Odor mixtures; Olfaction; Psychometric functions

Indexed keywords

2 HEPTANONE; BUTANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG MIXTURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMELLING;

EID: 0032807003     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00074-8     Document Type: Article

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