Two Rapid Odor Threshold Methods Compared to a Modified Method of Constant Stimuli

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-23

  Wise, Paul M ^a   Bien, Nancy ^a   Wysocki, Charles J ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ASTM E 679 04; Olfactory Sensitivity; Staircase Method

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149101749     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-008-9010-8     Document Type: Article

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