Comparison of two stimulus-delivery systems for measurement of nasal pungency thresholds

Chemical Senses

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-291

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; GLASS; KETONE; POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034089539     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/25.3.285     Document Type: Article

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