Effects of sedative odorant inhalation on patients with atopic dermatitis

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1113-1122

  Hariya, Takeshi ^b   Kobayashi, Yuusuke ^b   Aihara, Michiko ^a   Ishiwa, Mamiko ^a   Shibata, Michio ^b   Ichikawa, Hideyuki ^b   Ikezawa, Zenro ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Odorant; POMS; Skin physiological parameter; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; ODOR; SEDATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VALERIAN;

EID: 0036908592     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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