Olfactory comfort and attachment within relationships

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2954-2963

  Shoup, Melanie L ^a   Streeter, Sybil A ^a   McBurney, Donald H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 56649097177     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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