Children’s awareness and uses of odor cues in everyday life: A Finland–France comparison

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 190-198

  Ferdenzi, Camille ^a,b   Mustonen, Sari ^c   Tuorila, Hely ^c   Schaal, Benoist ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child; Culture; Inter individual Differences; Odor Identification; Olfactory Behavior; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651442962     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-008-9020-6     Document Type: Article

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