What is the short term effect of perfumes on olfactory thresholds?

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 755-758

  Robinson, A M ^a,e   Gaskin, J A ^a   Philpott, C M ^b   Goodenough, P C ^c   Elloy, M ^a   Clark, A ^d   Murty, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perfume; Reproducibility of Results; Sensory Threshold; Smell

Indexed keywords

PERFUME; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASKING; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SMELLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 34447635064     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107007840     Document Type: Article

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