Effect of air pollution on olfactory function in residents of Mexico City

Chemical Senses

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-85

  Hudson, Robyn ^a   Arriola, Aline ^a   Martínez Gómez, Margarita ^a,b   Distel, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detection threshold; Everyday odorants; Odor discrimination; Olfactory dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; COFFEE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ORANGE JUICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 30344489022     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjj019     Document Type: Article

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