Olfactory comfort: Smelling a partner's clothing during periods of separation

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2325-2335

  Mcburney, Donald H ^a   Shoup, Melanie L ^a   Streeter, Sybil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 33746865517     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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