Synergistic mixture interactions in detection of Perithreshold odors by humans

Chemical Senses

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-369

  Miyazawa, Toshio ^a   Gallagher, Michelle ^b   Preti, George ^b,c   Wise, Paul M ^b  

^a Flavor System and Technology Laboratory   (Japan)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Psychophysics; Synergy

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; LACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DILUTION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VAPOR;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DRUG SYNERGISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LACTONES; ODORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL; VOLATILIZATION;

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EID: 43549088324     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjn004     Document Type: Article

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