Assessing the relationship between concentrations of malodor compounds and odor scores from judges

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 749-757

  Greenman, John ^a   El Maaytah, Mohammed ^b,c   Duffield, John ^a   Spencer, Paul ^a   Rosenberg, Mel ^d   Corry, David ^a   Saad, Saliah ^a   Lenton, Patricia ^e   Majerus, Georgia ^f   Nachnani, Sushma ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g University Health Resources Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Odor judges; Oral malodor model; Organoleptic intensity scale; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

INDOLE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MODEL; NOSE; ODOR; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 20544446699     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0258     Document Type: Article

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