The effects of odor on cortisol and testosterone in healthy adults

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-437

  Fukui, Hajime ^a   Komaki, Ryoichi ^b   Okui, Miho ^b   Toyoshima, Kumiko ^a   Kuda, Kiyoto ^a  

^a NARA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Endocrine; Odor; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AIR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 35348901486     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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