The discrimination of dog odours by humans

Perception

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-115

  Wells, Deborah L ^a   Hepper, Peter G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SMELL;

EID: 0033654975     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p2938     Document Type: Article

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