Comparison of the orthonasal and retronasal detection thresholds for carbon dioxide in humans

Chemical Senses

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 435-441

  Melzner, Johannes ^a   Bitter, Thomas ^a   Guntinas Lichius, Orlando ^a   Gottschall, Reiner ^a   Walther, Mario ^b   Gudziol, Hilmar ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detection threshold; Orthonasal; Retronasal; Smelling

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR DILUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; NASOPHARYNX; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE BREATHING; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; OLFACTOMETRY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 79957525508     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr013     Document Type: Article

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