The prevalence of androstenone anosmia

Chemical Senses

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 423-432

  Bremner, Elizabeth A ^a   Mainland, Joel D ^a   Khan, Rehan M ^a   Sobel, Noam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androstenone; Odor detection; Specific anosmia

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA ANDROST 16 EN 3 ONE; 5ALPHA ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; ANDROSTENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANDROSTERONE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; DRUG EFFECT; ODOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SMELLING DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SMELL;

EID: 0347548340     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/28.5.423     Document Type: Article

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