Smell perception during early pregnancy: No evidence of an adaptive mechanism

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-62

  Swallow, Brian L ^a   Lindow, Stephen W ^b   Aye, Mo ^c   Masson, Ewan A ^b   Alasalvar, Cesarettin ^a   Quantick, Peter ^a   Hanna, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c Hyperbaric Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAUSEA; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; VOMITING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SMELL;

EID: 11844280344     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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