Comparison of detection threshold values determined using glass sniff bottles and plastic squeeze bottles

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 192-196

  Wudarski, Thomas J ^a   Doty, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLASS; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; POLYETHYLENE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL;

EID: 2942628423     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.98.1.192-196     Document Type: Article

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