MHC genes, body odours, and odour preferences

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1269-1271

  Wedekind, Claus ^a,b   Penn, Dustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

EDITORIAL; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MATING; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033833517     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.9.1269     Document Type: Editorial

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