Androstadienone odor thresholds in adolescents

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 306-310

  Hummel, Thomas ^a   Krone, Franziska ^a   Lundström, Johan N ^b   Bartsch, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hormone; Nose; Olfaction; Puberty; Smell

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANEDIONE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SMELLING; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 13544254273     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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