Making scents: Dynamic olfactometry for threshold measurement

Chemical Senses

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-120

  Schmidt, Roland ^a   Cain, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute sensitivity; Odor threshold; Olfaction; Olfactometer; Psychophysics; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OLFACTOMETRY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; VAPOR; HUMAN; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

HUMANS; ODORS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SMELL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77950352353     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjp088     Document Type: Article

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