Methodological factors in odor detection by humans

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 195-202

  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

Odor psychophysics; Odor threshold; Psychometric function

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION;

EID: 72949123241     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-009-9060-6     Document Type: Article

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